free trade

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Recent Examples of free trade Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday his country will impose 25 percent tariffs on U.S. auto imports that do not comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on free trade. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025 Israel is party to the longest-running U.S. bilateral free trade agreement, in effect since 1985. The Editors, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025 In Washington these days, the economic debate has largely moved on to which departures from free trade can be justified. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025 Arias, a proponent of free trade who helped accomplish the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, criticized the move. Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free trade
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Noun
  • Nai Lert Park is a lush, seven-acre pocket of tropical landscaping in the heart of downtown, making the hotel feel like an urban sanctuary in the truest sense: the air smelled faintly of frangipani; the chirping of birds overpowered the traffic din.
    Chris Schaklx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Here’s what traffic is looking like today on Kansas 10 highway between Kansas City and Lawrence.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Seven companies own and operate 11 platforms in the marketplace, with Netflix, Foxtel, Nine, Disney, Amazon, Paramount and Seven securing a 90% share of premium VOD category viewership and revenue in 2024.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Every trade that occurs in the marketplace is mutually beneficial.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Thomas was a prolific reseller of catalytic converters, which are highly valuable because they are made partially out of precious metals like platinum and palladium, which can sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per ounce on the black market.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • It is speculated that some police officers are selling weapons on the black market.
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ryan Reynolds, who moonlights as co-owner of Welsh soccer club Wrexham A.F.C., turned up alongside super-creator Taylor Sheridan (whose own athletics usually involve cattle), NBA investor Mark Cuban and former Obama commerce secretary Penny Prtizker.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Despite maintaining its position as a leading commerce infrastructure provider, the company faces intensifying competition from Amazon, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and a host of new specialized e-commerce tools.
    Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But exactly what are the opportunities and what are the risks now that President Donald Trump is trying to reorder the global economy with an unprecedented trade war?
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • What strikes Vecchione about this growing legal consensus is that the business giants who stand to lose the most under a trade war have yet to put up a fight.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Every data point that Amazon collect on what a user’s interests, preferences, and behaviors are enables more sophisticated targeting options for advertisers and also informs Amazon’s own merchandising decisions.
    Kiri Masters, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Those employees hold positions in marketing, merchandising, finance, human resources, information technology, import compliance and customer experience, Williams said.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The three Waltons, plus their two cousins and their sister-in-law Christy Walton and nephew Lukas Walton, collectively control an approximately 45% stake in the retailing giant.
    Sylvan Lebrun, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • His research and teaching interests include retailing, pricing, and artificial intelligence.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Mar. 2025

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