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Like most conservative economists at the time, Hassett was a staunch deficit hawk, an advocate of higher levels of immigration, and, above all else, an unabashed free trader.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026 The free-trade agenda sought to deregulate the labor market and prioritize market efficiency, strengthening the hands of employers and severely weakening union and social movements, as anti-free traders had predicted.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025 Modern-day protectionists have seized on it to cast Reagan as something less than a free trader, and fans of the current president have used these sentiments to link The Gipper to The Donald.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trader