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Used with adjectives:
"
There are laws to maintain fair trade between countries."
(fair, free)
"
Foreign trade is a profitable business."
(foreign, international, domestic)
"
Commercial trade is widely popular."
(commercial, private, retail, merchandise, wholesale)
"
He learned his skilled trade at an early age."
(skilled)
"
That's a hard trade to learn."
(hard, difficult)
"
She was taught a simple trade in order to make some money."
(simple, easy)
Used with verbs:
"
His company was trying to boost foreign trade."
(boost, develop, increase, expand, promote)
"
The government restricts certain types of trade."
(restricts, prohibits, bans)
"
He learned his trade from his father."
(learned, studied)
Used with nouns:
"
There was a trade war between the two countries."
(war, dispute)
"
Trade talks are not going well."
(talks, negotiations, relations)
"
The government has imposed a trade boycott."
(boycott, restriction, sanction)
"
Did the countries agree to a trade deal?"
(deal, agreement)
"
They are investigating the country's trade policies."
(policies, practices, laws)
"
We are attending a trade show."
(show, fair, exhibition)
Used with prepositions:
"
He is in the agricultural trade."
(in)
"
Trade between the two countries is currently banned."
(between)
"
He is a blacksmith by trade."
(by)
