Definition of Free trade

1. Noun. International trade free of government interference.

Generic synonyms: Trade
Specialized synonyms: Nafta, North American Free Trade Agreement

Definition of Free trade

1. Noun. international trade free from government interference, especially trade free from tariffs or duties on imports ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Free trade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"Posing as champions of " open markets," we appear to be maintaining the principles and practice of free trade. It is true that the very Government which ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"free trade Associations are forming in ei'try county ! Be ready to meet the demand! Send to the New York free trade Club, 39 Nassau Street, NY, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"THOUGHTS ON FREE-TRADE POLICY— 1846 TO 1885. THE free - trade policy of the Cobden school was, after a long and bitter struggle, adopted by the all but ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"free trade and protection—Continued. Protection and the formation of capital. ... Roman empire lesson on the effects of free trade. Teano. 19th Cent. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The free trade policy of 1892 aimed at a Continental European economic union, ... The free trade policy already inaugurated before the foundation of Exports ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"The Volunteers were to a man non-importers, and, next to the safety of the country, which was now provided for, free trade lay nearest their thoughts. ..."

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