trade agreement
noun
1
: an international agreement on conditions of trade in goods and services
2
: an agreement resulting from collective bargaining
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Former All-Star second baseman Carlos Baerga first reported on Instagram that a trade agreement is in place. 
Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022 Sadly, to this day, the Philippines is the only former USA colony that still does not have a preferential trade agreement with the United States. Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 2 May 2022 And because Johnson keeps trying to rewrite that provision of the Brexit agreement, the U.S. — which had taken the lead in writing the Irish peace accords — has refused to sign a major trade agreement with the U.K. The Week Staff, The Week, 31 July 2022 Washington could send a top military officer, for example, or sign a bilateral trade agreement, which could help the island reduce its economic reliance on China. New York Times, 25 July 2022 On a formatting level, the IPEF is an executive agreement and will not require congressional approval like a traditional trade agreement would, CSIS notes. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 27 May 2022 These opportunities, coupled with the challenge posed by new digital trade barriers, lend urgency to the idea of an enforceable digital trade agreement. Myron Brilliant, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022 The measure also urged a review of Nicaragua’s participation in the Central American free-trade agreement, which has boosted its exports to the United States. Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021 The worry is that the EU also rips up its side of the trade agreement with the UK so effectively letting off an economic hand grenade. Simon Constable, Forbes, 27 June 2022 See More
Scott Boeck, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022 Sadly, to this day, the Philippines is the only former USA colony that still does not have a preferential trade agreement with the United States. Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 2 May 2022 And because Johnson keeps trying to rewrite that provision of the Brexit agreement, the U.S. — which had taken the lead in writing the Irish peace accords — has refused to sign a major trade agreement with the U.K. The Week Staff, The Week, 31 July 2022 Washington could send a top military officer, for example, or sign a bilateral trade agreement, which could help the island reduce its economic reliance on China. New York Times, 25 July 2022 On a formatting level, the IPEF is an executive agreement and will not require congressional approval like a traditional trade agreement would, CSIS notes. Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 27 May 2022 These opportunities, coupled with the challenge posed by new digital trade barriers, lend urgency to the idea of an enforceable digital trade agreement. Myron Brilliant, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022 The measure also urged a review of Nicaragua’s participation in the Central American free-trade agreement, which has boosted its exports to the United States. Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021 The worry is that the EU also rips up its side of the trade agreement with the UK so effectively letting off an economic hand grenade. Simon Constable, Forbes, 27 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1749, in the meaning defined at sense 1