Definition of "free trade" []

• Trade between nations without protective customs tariffs. (noun)

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• "And one of the great virtues of APEC is that amongst those in the 21 economies, it has helped to establish a norm, which is support for free trade and for the liberal market model."
• "Nisos, the old King, whom I had had a treaty of free trade with, had died with no son surviving."
• "Heres my logic using the U.S. as an example: 1. The biggest threat to the poverty-ending power of capitalism today is the looming backlash against free trade and open markets in the developed world, especially in the U.S. If the rich world shuts its borders, well hurt economic prospects elsewhere in ways that no amount of creative capitalism, as discussed here, can begin to offset."