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free trade
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free trade
n.
Trade between nations without protective customs tariffs.
free trader n.
free trade
n
1. (Economics) international trade that is free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, protective tariffs, etc. Compare protection [3]
2. (Business / Commerce) Archaic illicit trade; smuggling
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Noun1.free trade - international trade free of government interferencefree trade - international trade free of government interference
trade - the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement - an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years
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free trade n → libero scambio
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reasons for popularity: Regional trading arrangements and FTAs have increasingly become the preferred mode of trade liberalization amongst the countries of a region even though they may be members of WTO.
Regionalism as Against Globalization Part III by Hemant K Batra by Hemant K. Batra / International relations community
Singapore agreement, FTAs in Asia have essentially concentrated on issues related to trade liberalization per se.
Regionalism as Against Globalization Part II by Hemant K Batra by Hemant K. Batra / Business, international community
But the rhetoric over the past 20 to 30 years has been and remains that trade liberalization is good for development.
Trade liberalization u time to move past the rhetoric by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
 
 
 
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