free trade
noun
: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue
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But many voters respond well to Trump’s tariff proposals, feeling that years of free trade decimated factory towns across America.
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Annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the more surprising developments in recent American politics has been the backlash against free trade.
—Erik Guzik / The Conversation, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
Establishing a foreign policy based on free trade among countries was key to the American experiment.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
Later, with the election of Ronald Reagan and the embrace of free market conservatism in the 1980s up until the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Republicans reversed their historic protectionism to become champions of free trade.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
One of the more surprising developments in recent American politics has been the backlash against free trade.
—Erik Guzik / The Conversation, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
Establishing a foreign policy based on free trade among countries was key to the American experiment.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
Later, with the election of Ronald Reagan and the embrace of free market conservatism in the 1980s up until the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Republicans reversed their historic protectionism to become champions of free trade.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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