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 American auto industry, which for decades has enjoyed free trade across the United States, Canada and Mexico, is working out how to adjust supply chains if the trade war continues, a potentially expensive prospect.
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Victoria Waldersee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Since free trade agreements in the 1990s, automakers and suppliers developed supply chains where parts and vehicles cross North American borders repeatedly.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
After 30 years of free trade policy, the economic data demonstrate that neither tariffs nor surging imports have ever significantly affected inflation.
—Andrew Rechenberg, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
In London, the realization that this was not a temporary crisis coincided with the coming to power of a party with a deep ideological commitment to free trade.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Waldersee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Since free trade agreements in the 1990s, automakers and suppliers developed supply chains where parts and vehicles cross North American borders repeatedly.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
After 30 years of free trade policy, the economic data demonstrate that neither tariffs nor surging imports have ever significantly affected inflation.
—Andrew Rechenberg, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
In London, the realization that this was not a temporary crisis coincided with the coming to power of a party with a deep ideological commitment to free trade.
—Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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