trade war

noun

The practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade.

“Meronyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade”

Opposite
free tradefreedom of tradeeconomic freedom
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Meanings

nountrade war (plural trade wars)

plural trade wars

  1. The practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade.

    Meronyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade

    1 more example

    But for weeks Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning has said Beijing believes there is no winner in a trade war.

    2025 February 3, Léonie Chao-Fong, “Trump tariffs spark retaliation from Mexico, China and Canada”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Antonyms: free trade, freedom of trade, economic freedom

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade.

Opposite
free tradefreedom of tradeeconomic freedom

Translations

Catalan guerra comercial
  • guerra comercialpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Chinese Mandarin 貿易戰 /贸易战
  • 貿易戰 /贸易战 (màoyìzhàn)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Czech obchodní válka
  • obchodní válkapractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Dutch handelsoorlog
  • handelsoorlogpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Esperanto komerca milito
  • komerca militopractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Finnish kauppasota
  • kauppasotapractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
French guerre commerciale
  • guerre commercialepractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
German Handelskrieg
  • Handelskriegpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Greek εμπορικός πόλεμος
  • εμπορικός πόλεμος (emporikós pólemos)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Hebrew מִלְחֶמֶת סַחַר
  • מִלְחֶמֶת סַחַר (milkhémet-sákhar)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Hindi व्यापार युद्ध
  • व्यापार युद्ध (vyāpār yuddh)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Hungarian kereskedelmi háború
  • kereskedelmi háborúpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Japanese 貿易戦争
  • 貿易戦争 (bōeki sensō)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Korean 무역 전쟁
  • 무역 전쟁 (muyeok jeonjaeng)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Polish wojna handlowa
  • wojna handlowapractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Portuguese guerra comercial
  • guerra comercialpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Russian торго́вая война́
  • торго́вая война́ (torgóvaja vojná)practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Slovak obchodná vojna
  • obchodná vojnapractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Spanish guerra comercial, guerra mercantil
  • guerra comercialpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • guerra mercantilpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Swedish handelskrig
  • handelskrigpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Turkish ticaret savaşı
  • ticaret savaşıpractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Vietnamese chiến tranh thương mại
  • chiến tranh thương mạipractice of nations creating mutual tariffs
Cite this entry
APA

trade war. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20war

MLA

“trade war.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20war. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trade war,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trade%20war.

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