trading partner
Economic exchange participant
A trading partner is a country, company, or entity with which another regularly conducts commerce.
Nations describe their trading partners in terms of import and export relationships: China is America's largest trading partner.
The term implies ongoing economic ties rather than one-time transactions.
In business contexts, trading partners are companies that exchange goods, services, or data through established channels.
- merchantOne who sells wares
- strategic allianceFormal inter-organizational cooperation
- exportForeign-bound sale
- import exportInternational goods exchange
- counterpartCorresponding person or thing
business relationship · business · market · goods · associate · client · supplier · distributorship · commerce · economy · bilateral agreement · joint venture · deal · economic cooperation · wholesaler · most favored nation · commodity exchange · buyer
- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- partnersassociates, collaborators, colleagues, co-workers, coworkers
- partnershipsalliance, joint venture, joint ventures, cooperation, co-founder
- trade blocsNAFTA, EU, ASEAN, USMCA, EEC
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Globally isolated country
adversary · rogue state · belligerent · opponent · antagonist
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