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trade diversions

trade diversions is the plural of trade diversion.

Meaning of trade diversion

Noun

trade diversion (countable and uncountable, plural trade diversions)

  1. (negative, usually) The changing of import sources as a result of political agreements, rather than to increase mutual benefit.
    • Even if trade diversion is not important in aggregate terms or in relation to trade creation between the bilateral partners, it still represents an inefficient use of global resources[…]1987, Robert Mitchell Stern, Philip H. Trezise, John Whalley, University of Michigan, University of Western Ontario. Centre for the Study of International Economic Relations, Perspectives on a...

Questions about trade diversions

What is trade diversions the plural of?
Trade diversions is the plural of trade diversion.

Words near trade diversions in the dictionary

  1. trade deficits
  2. trade discount
  3. trade dispute
  4. trade disputes
  5. trade diversion
  6. trade diversions
  7. trade dollar
  8. trade dollars
  9. trade down
  10. trade dress
  11. trade dresses

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