free trade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹi ˈtreɪd/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˌfɹi ˈtreɪd/ (US)
Meanings
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(uncountable) International trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
Near-synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom
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.
2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
Antonyms
trade barrier · barrier to trade · trade war
Deriveds
free trader · free trade zone · free trade area
Relateds
Synonyms
economic freedom · freedom of trade
Translations (33)
pl wolny handel (trade free from government interference) · pt livre comércio (trade free from government interference) · nl vrijhandel (trade free from government interference) · es comercio libre (trade free from government interference) · cmn 自貿 /自贸 (trade free from government interference) · ko 자유 무역 (trade free from government interference) · sv frihandel (trade free from government interference) · ru свобо́дная торго́вля (trade free from government interference) · vo lelivated (trade free from government interference) · tl malayang baliwasan (trade free from government interference) · fi vapaakauppa (trade free from government interference) · ar تِجَارَة حُرَّة (trade free from government interference) · cmn 自由貿易 /自由贸易 (trade free from government interference) · nn frihandel (trade free from government interference) · pt comércio livre (trade free from government interference) · is frjáls verslun (trade free from government interference) · th การค้าเสรี (trade free from government interference) · kk еркін сауда (trade free from government interference) · es libre comercio (trade free from government interference) · da frihandel (trade free from government interference) · vi thương mại tự do (trade free from government interference) · nb frihandel (trade free from government interference) · ca lliure comerç (trade free from government interference) · de Freihandel (trade free from government interference) · el ελεύθερο εμπόριο (trade free from government interference) · it libero scambio (trade free from government interference) · ka თავისუფალი ვაჭრობა (trade free from government interference) · fr libre-échange (trade free from government interference) · ms perdagangan bebas (trade free from government interference) · hu szabadkereskedelem (trade free from government interference) · ga saorthrádáil (trade free from government interference) · ja 自由貿易 (trade free from government interference) · ru беспо́шлинная торго́вля (trade free from government interference)