trade federation
Merchant bloc organization
A trade federation is an organization of merchants, businesses, or trading entities that band together to protect mutual interests, set standards, or exert collective influence.
Historically, such federations negotiated trade routes, tariffs, and privileges with governments.
The term gained pop-culture familiarity through *Star Wars*, where the Trade Federation is a villainous corporate cartel: The Trade Federation has blockaded the planet.
- blockadeSealing off a place
- NabooFictional galactic monarchy
- droidRobot, in shorthand
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
separatist · embargo · phantom · menace · Clone Wars · cartel · merchant · corporate greed · starship · viceroy · senate · republic · smuggler · tariff · treaty · invasion · alliance · shipping
trade federationfree trade zone
Region without import duties
trade embargo · open market · autarky · free trade agreement · trade barrier
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