free trade

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Recent Examples of free trade After decades of global leadership on defense and an embrace of free trade, the United States’ role in the world is being fundamentally reworked by the Trump administration. Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Jacobsen says roughly 35% of its customer base is there, and the company could then benefit from free trade agreements within the European Union, UK and new trade partners. Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 14 May 2025 Free markets and free trade will generally yield much better results than government meddling will. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 May 2025 Trade experts describe the agreement as modest and much smaller in scope than traditional free trade agreements. Tobias Burns, The Hill, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for free trade
Noun
  • Examples include fights over landowner rights, rights of way, multi-jurisdictional traffic and noise restrictions, and even some endangered species and archaeological considerations.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The cop was directing traffic and was one of about 50 law enforcement officers assigned to the festival, which attracted up to 12,000 festivalgoers.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • By third quarter, Gartner is predicting, 60 percent of consumers will have elected to delay a major purchase, with 60 percent buying on secondhand and peer-to-peer marketplaces by the end of the year.
    Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The trooper contacted the owner of the misused registration plate and learned that the Acura had been recently sold on an online marketplace, according to state police.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • He was featured in Marquardt’s 2021 report on the exorbitant fees being demanded on the black market to evacuate Afghans during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 June 2025
  • But unlike in Colorado or California, recreational users in Texas will be largely out of luck — or will turn to the black market, state Democrats argued.
    Saul Elbein, The Hill, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • At first, Alaska’s commerce department formed the Newtok Planning Group to coordinate assistance for the relocation.
    Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
  • Related Stories Shoppers—as well as tenants—will again flock to what has become the neighborhood’s central commerce hub, Caruso believes.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Peter Navarro, Trump’s top trade adviser, told reporters Thursday that the Administration will still find a way to implement the tariffs regardless of the court ruling on Trump’s use of emergency powers.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 30 May 2025
  • Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • The city is moving aggressively to shut down the once-thriving gray market — a matter of public safety, and also essential for the legal medical cannabis industry to thrive.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Additionally, appropriate pricing strategies can assist in mitigating some of the challenges associated with the gray market.
    Bhavesh Gupta, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In-store, visual merchandising will bring the collection to life, reinforcing the brand’s focus on style and storytelling.
    Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
  • According to recent data, creators’ revenues from tipping, subscriptions and merchandising on social media platforms have each tripled since 2021, reaching $160 million, $270 million and $450 million, respectively, in 2024.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Walmart will have to start raising prices later this month due to the high cost of tariffs, executives said on Thursday, even as the retailing giant's U.S. comparable sales surpassed expectations in the first quarter.
    Ananya Mariam Rajesh, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • The merger brings together two iconic names in sports retailing and will give Dick’s a massive competitive edge in the wholesale sneaker market, most importantly for Nike products.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge,Ali McCadden, CNBC, 15 May 2025

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