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trade bill

British

noun

a bill of exchange drawn on and accepted ( trade acceptance ) by a trader in payment for goods

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Some senators also had disagreed over language in a provision in the trade bill reauthorizing the Magnitsky Act, a law that allows sanctions over human rights violations.

From Reuters • Apr. 7, 2022

The oil ban passed 413-9 and the trade bill passed 420-3.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2022

He thanked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding off on the trade bill, and quipped, “I drove her crazy.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Passage of the trade bill came one day after Trump signed a new trade agreement with China, easing trade tensions between the economic powers.

From Fox News • Jan. 16, 2020

So tonight I now ask and urge this Congress to help our foreign and our commercial trade policies by passing an East-West trade bill and by approving our consular convention with the Soviet Union.

From State of the Union Address by Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines)

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