world trade

collocation in English

meaningsofworldandtrade

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withtrade.
world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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trade
noun
uk
/treɪd/us
/treɪd/
the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people ...
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(Definition ofworldandtradefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofworld trade

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The chapter ends with policy recommendations largely focused on consolidation, commodity payments, andworldtraderules.
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The second is that oil and steaming coal imports of these countries represent about 50% ofworldtrade.
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The freeing ofworldtradein ways that favour the rich was, and is, a continuing goal.
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Within that framework,worldtradehas grown at twice the rate of world output and trade barriers have fallen markedly.
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They control one-third of world output, four-fifths of global investment, and two-thirds ofworldtrade.
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It is of vital importance not only to ourworldtradebut toworldtradegenerally.
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It does not helpworldtradeorworldtradein agricultural goods.
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By tradition,worldtradeis men’s arena.
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First, thoughworldtradeis going up markedly, our share ofworldtradeis going down very markedly.
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That must be in the interests of those who believe inworldtradeand in fairworldtrade.
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We believe this is the best way forworldtradeand our share ofworldtradeto prosper.
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Since 1981 our share ofworldtradehas remained absolutely constant, andworldtradecontinues to expand.
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I turn toworldtrade.
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This would transformworldtrade.
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That will helpworldtrade.
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The growth ofworldtradeand travel, the development of global industries and the global diffusion of technologies have all had the same effect.
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With the emergence of new wealth from manufacturing andworldtrade, many sought to convert their impressive economic position into a comparable social status.
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To be sure, increasedworldtradeis often associated with a relocation of production units in accordance with relative international labour, capital, and resource costs.
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At the same time, the increasing globalization ofworldtrademay disadvantage the dry areas in the production of certain commodities.
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English, they say, is the language ofworldtradeand it will be difficult for it to be toppled by any other language.
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In the international context,worldtradein hardwood timbers until the 1960s was still dominated by the production of temperate regions.
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Let us first deal withworldtrade.
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We want to freeworldtrade.
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Secondly,worldtrademust also be fair.
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