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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The auto tariffs ease the tax burden slapped on vehicles covered by a free trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
Further, like Roosevelt, Trump's agenda has also discarded traditions long valued by both parties: a commitment to free trade, an acceptance of birthright citizenship, and a belief that America should play a leading role in the world, among others.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 12 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, free trade tends to make the nation better off.
—Iain Murray, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
Further, like Roosevelt, Trump's agenda has also discarded traditions long valued by both parties: a commitment to free trade, an acceptance of birthright citizenship, and a belief that America should play a leading role in the world, among others.
—Justin Peck / Made By History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 12 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, free trade tends to make the nation better off.
—Iain Murray, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for free trade
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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