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Noun

free trade ‎(uncountable)

1. International trade free from government interference, especially trade free from tariffs or duties on imports.
   • 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:

     Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. […] The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

Derived terms

• free trade area
• Free Trade Hall

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