trading partners
Commerce's paired nations
Trading partners are countries or entities that regularly buy and sell goods and services with each other.
The term usually appears in discussions of international commerce and trade policy: China and the United States are major trading partners despite political tensions.
A nation's trading partners collectively shape its economic relationships and foreign policy priorities.
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- bilateral talksDiplomacy between two parties
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffsTaxes on imports
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- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- partnerspartners, business partners, associates, collaborators, colleagues
- trade agreementsNAFTA, USMCA, GATT, WTO, bilateral agreements
- trade logisticscargo ships, shipping containers, customs brokers, warehouses, distribution centers
- urban geographysuburbs, satellite towns, commuter towns, exurbs, bedroom communities
- trade datanet exports, current account, balance of payments, re-exports
trading partnersadversaries
Those who oppose you
enemies · foes · antagonists · opponents · belligerents
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