local trade
Neighborhood business exchange
Local trade is commerce conducted within a limited geographic area—buying and selling between nearby businesses, producers, and consumers rather than across regions or borders.
The term often carries connotations of community support and economic self-sufficiency: We try to support local trade by shopping at farmers markets.
It contrasts with global or international trade.
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- merchantOne who sells wares
- street vendorOutdoor unlicensed merchant
- vendorOne who sells goods
stall · haggle · exchange · shopkeeper · bazaar · flea market · open air market · town square · goods · artisan · handshake · neighborhood · corner store · mom and pop · small business · farmer · produce · cash
- local commercefarmers market, small business, marketplace, merchant, corner store
- microeconomysmall business, micro business, microenterprise, microfinance, microloan
- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- local businessessmall business, corner store, shops, retailers, bakery
- informal economiesbarter, bartering, swap, barter systems, skill sharing
- alternative currenciesscrip, tokens
local tradeinternational trade
Exchange across national boundaries
global trade · foreign trade · world trade · cross-border trade · long-distance trade
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