free trade
nounDefinition of free trade
: trade based on the unrestricted international exchange of goods with tariffs used only as a source of revenue
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has also spoken about the possibility of blocking a free trade deal, which will lift a 20 percent tax on imports of beef to the European Union, CNN reported. — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "Amazon Wildfire Crisis Linked to Meat Consumption: ‘These Forests Are Not Burned By Accident’," 23 Aug. 2019 Despite its name, Freetrade only offers free trades when customers submit orders that get executed (ostensibly together) at the end of the day. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "It’s about time: Robinhood is entering the UK," 9 Aug. 2019 Supports universal health care but not Medicare for All and supports expanding free trade with protections for workers. — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, "Who are the Democratic presidential candidates in the Miami debates?," 26 June 2019 Unlike free-market liberals (who are, in their way, as fanatical as communists), President Trump doesn’t consider global free trade the be-all and end-all of human progress. — John Cullen, Harper's magazine, "Donald Trump Is a Good President," 10 Jan. 2019 For decades, the leaders of both parties preached the gospel that free trade was a rising tide that would lift all boats. — Alex Ward, Vox, "Trade, defense, and Israel: 2020 Democrats’ foreign policy flashpoints," 27 June 2019 The Marshall Plan, the World Bank and the framework of free trade all pointed in this direction. — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: United States lifted the world without losing ground," 5 June 2019 Even for congressional Republicans who are yoked to Trump, free trade is a sore subject. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, "Trump’s Big Trade War Bluff," 5 July 2018 The free trade area offers states new growth and employment opportunities. — Danny Bradlow, Quartz Africa, "After the free trade agreement, we need to focus on realizing the African Monetary Fund," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'free trade.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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