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Recent Examples of free trade
Oman—which has had a free trade agreement with the United States since 2009—will be minimally affected by the new tariffs, a government official told local media soon after they were announced, because oil and gas products are exempted.
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Amid tensions between Trump and the European Union, for example, Musk publicly expressed a desire for a transatlantic free trade zone.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Mainstream economists have long criticized tariffs as a barrier to free trade that disproportionately burdens low-income U.S. consumers.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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.
—Victoria Waldersee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Amid tensions between Trump and the European Union, for example, Musk publicly expressed a desire for a transatlantic free trade zone.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Mainstream economists have long criticized tariffs as a barrier to free trade that disproportionately burdens low-income U.S. consumers.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
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.
—Victoria Waldersee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free trade
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As north Fort Worth continues to grow, our aging infrastructure and increase in traffic is starting to become an issue.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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The city has dealt with issues ranging from traffic backups and litter in the ocean to gunfire, fights and stampeding, West previously told Fox News Digital.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Apple was issued with a €500 million ($571 million) fine over its App Store, with the commission saying the company must freely offer alternative app marketplaces to users and app developers.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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According to Salesforce’s November 2024 Consumer Sentiment Survey, 37% of those not buying from Chinese marketplaces cited payment security concerns as their primary reason for hesitation.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The black market surgeon is revealed to be Jeong-min, Ju-yeon’s boyfriend.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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The price of Iran’s currency, the rial, rallied slightly against the dollar on the black market.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The plan empowers Lt. Gov. David Toland, as commerce secretary, to negotiate deals directly with the Chiefs and Royals.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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In many parts of the world, the radical belief in popular sovereignty undid the hold of the notion of the divine right of kings, just as expanding commerce created a wealthy merchant class eager for greater political say.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Tracking the evolution of Donald Trump's trade war Trump reverses global tariff hikes.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Trump has frequently accused the EU of abusing the U.S. on trade and of unfairly closing off its market to American businesses.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Apr. 2025
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Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Read: America is done pretending about meat All of this social-media attention has been translating into people’s actual eating habits, Victoria Fitzgerald, who oversees Whole Foods Market’s meat merchandising, told me.—
Valerie Trapp,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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Disneyland is launching multiple merchandising lines for its 70th anniversary, some of which have already started to infiltrate the parks.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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By division, organic revenues fell 9 percent in wines and spirits, 5 percent in fashion and leather goods, 1 percent in selective retailing and 1 percent in perfumes and cosmetics.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Both Lotte Shopping and Shinsegae dropped down the list by 10 places and 48 places respectively, indicating just how difficult conditions are in Korean retailing.—
Kevin Rozario,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Free trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free%20trade. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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