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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Passy, a respected economist and politician, was honored for his lifelong dedication to peace through diplomacy and free trade.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The African Continental Free Trade Area, which became the world’s largest free trade area in 2018, helped to push the value of intra-African transactions to $81 billion in 2023 from $69 billion in 2019.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
President Clinton, who backed free trade despite the Democratic Party’s ostensible ties to organized labor, was still in office when the Seattle protests broke out.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
In May, the DOE issued a final authorization to Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project that allows exports to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The African Continental Free Trade Area, which became the world’s largest free trade area in 2018, helped to push the value of intra-African transactions to $81 billion in 2023 from $69 billion in 2019.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
President Clinton, who backed free trade despite the Democratic Party’s ostensible ties to organized labor, was still in office when the Seattle protests broke out.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
In May, the DOE issued a final authorization to Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project that allows exports to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20trade. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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