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foreign trade

 
 
noun [U] COMMERCE

Definition

the activity of trading goods and services with other countries: He said putting up barriers to foreign trade and guarding jobs might work in the short run but not indefinitely. Mexico is the state's largest foreign trade partner, accounting for $5.4 billion of exports. foreign trade deficit/surplus
(Definition of foreign trade noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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