trade agreement
noun
1
: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services
2
: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining
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Shortly after the Edinburgh Zoo received two pandas in 2011, Scotland and China signed trade agreements involving salmon and renewable energy technology.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Key Background Trump has long pushed tariffs as a cornerstone of his trade policy, first hiking tariffs in 2018 that sparked a trade war with China before the two sides reached a trade agreement in December 2019.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In a memorandum on Monday, Mr. Trump also called for a review of existing U.S. trade agreements and asked for recommendations on how the U.S. can gain leverage with trading partners.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Trudeau also addressed Trump’s executive action, signed Monday, that directs officials to analyze how the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (the USMCA) is affecting American workers and businesses — and whether America should remain in the free trade agreement.
—Eve Brennan, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Key Background Trump has long pushed tariffs as a cornerstone of his trade policy, first hiking tariffs in 2018 that sparked a trade war with China before the two sides reached a trade agreement in December 2019.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In a memorandum on Monday, Mr. Trump also called for a review of existing U.S. trade agreements and asked for recommendations on how the U.S. can gain leverage with trading partners.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Trudeau also addressed Trump’s executive action, signed Monday, that directs officials to analyze how the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (the USMCA) is affecting American workers and businesses — and whether America should remain in the free trade agreement.
—Eve Brennan, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
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