Meanings
- uncountableInternational trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
Near-synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom
1 more example
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 18Synonyms: freedom of trade, economic freedom · Antonyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade, trade war
Synonyms & antonyms
nounInternational trade without government interference, especially from tariffs or duties on imports.
Translations
Arabic تِجَارَة حُرَّة
- تِجَارَة حُرَّة (tijāra ḥurra)trade free from government interference
Catalan lliure comerç
- lliure comerçtrade free from government interference
Chinese Mandarin 自由貿易 /自由贸易, 自貿 /自贸
- 自由貿易 /自由贸易 (zìyóu màoyì)trade free from government interference
- 自貿 /自贸 (zìmào)trade free from government interference
Danish frihandel
- frihandeltrade free from government interference
Dutch vrijhandel
- vrijhandeltrade free from government interference
Finnish vapaakauppa
- vapaakauppatrade free from government interference
French libre-échange
- libre-échangetrade free from government interference
German Freihandel
- Freihandeltrade free from government interference
Greek ελεύθερο εμπόριο
- ελεύθερο εμπόριο (eléfthero empório)trade free from government interference
Hungarian szabadkereskedelem
- szabadkereskedelemtrade free from government interference
Icelandic frjáls verslun
- frjáls versluntrade free from government interference
Irish saorthrádáil
- saorthrádáiltrade free from government interference
Italian libero scambio
- libero scambiotrade free from government interference
Japanese 自由貿易
- 自由貿易 (jiyū-bōeki)trade free from government interference
Korean 자유 무역
- 자유 무역 (jayu muyeok)trade free from government interference
Malay perdagangan bebas
- perdagangan bebastrade free from government interference
Norwegian Bokmål frihandel
- frihandeltrade free from government interference
Polish wolny handel
- wolny handeltrade free from government interference
Portuguese livre comércio, comércio livre
- livre comérciotrade free from government interference
- comércio livretrade free from government interference
Russian свобо́дная торго́вля, беспо́шлинная торго́вля
- свобо́дная торго́вля (svobódnaja torgóvlja)trade free from government interference
- беспо́шлинная торго́вля (bespóšlinnaja torgóvlja)trade free from government interference
Spanish comercio libre, libre comercio
- comercio libretrade free from government interference
- libre comerciotrade free from government interference
Swedish frihandel
- frihandeltrade free from government interference
Tagalog malayang baliwasan
- malayang baliwasantrade free from government interference
Thai การค้าเสรี
- การค้าเสรี (gaan-káa-sěe-rii)trade free from government interference
Vietnamese thương mại tự do
- thương mại tự dotrade free from government interference
Cite this entry
free trade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20trade
“free trade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20trade. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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