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trade bazooka en · NOUN
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(informal, neologism) Any trade-related instrument, law, or practice with potential for a large effect.
With their 3900 farmer members staring down the barrel of a Chinese trade bazooka, you might think the directors of Australia's biggest co-operative would be focused on fighting the trade war and saving the barley industry.
2020 May 15, Brad Thompson, “CBH board in civil war as China tariffs loom”, in The Australian Financial Review, page 17:The EU’s top trade civil servant, Sabine Weyand, is in D.C. today for trade talks with the Trump administration, reports POLITICO Europe’s Jakob Hanke. […] Weyand’s visit comes as commissioners in Brussels are set to greenlight a new trade bazooka aimed squarely at the U.S. in the form of new tariffs.
2019 December 11, Ryan McCrimmon, “NAFTA-noon delight for farmers”, in Politico:Mr Trump has put renegotiating the 22-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico high on his list of priorities. With his threat this week to impose a "big border tax" on GM cars made in Mexico he also levelled a trade bazooka at the regional supply chains that exist under Nafta.
2017 January 6, Shawn Donnan, Sam Flemming, “Tycoon's troops prepare ground for trade battles: Washington: Policy shake-up”, in Financial Times, page 3:
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trade bazooka en · PROPN
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(informal) The Anti-Coercion Instrument, a European Union regulation since 2023, aiming to protect the EU and its member states from economic coercion by third countries by providing a framework for EU action and countermeasures.
As a deepening crisis threatens the future of Nato, European leaders are considering deploying their so-called trade ‘bazooka’ for the first time in retaliation, an economic tool that would hit the US with £81billion in tariffs.
2026 January 19, Martin Beckford, Mark Nicol, “Nato faces ‘disaster’ in row with Trump”, in Daily Mail, page 6:And after the threat of the European Union’s anti-coercion instrument, the so-called trade bazooka allowing rapid counter tariffs, forced Mr. Trump to back down from his early round of Greenland threats, the Europeans now know that they have their own Strait of Hormuz — their own pain point that can make America flinch.
2026 July 9, Stephen Marche, “The Zombification of America”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
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