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Tags: commerce
Categories: Economics & Finance
Treaty (such as FTAA or NAFTA) between two or more countries to establish a free trade area where commerce in goods and services can be conducted across their common borders, without tariffs or hindrances but (in contrast to a common market) capital or labor may not move freely. Member countries usually impose a uniform tariff (called common external tariff) on trade with non-member countries.
(source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/free-trade-agreement.html)
