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free trade area
(also free-trade area) noun [C] COMMERCEDefinition
› a group of countries that have agreed to import and export each other's goods without the usual taxes, limits, etc.: Negotiations are under way with Mexico to create a free trade area. → Compare free trade zone
(Definition of free trade area noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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