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trade war

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: free trade, freedom of trade, economic freedom

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ဝါဏိဇ္ဇပဋိပက္ခ (wanijja.pa.ti.pakhka.) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Catalan: guerra comercial — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貿易戰 /贸易战 (màoyìzhàn) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Czech: obchodní válka — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Dutch: handelsoorlog — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Esperanto: komerca milito — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Finnish: kauppasota — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • French: guerre commerciale — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Galician: guerra comercial — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Georgian: სავაჭრო ომი (savač̣ro omi) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • German: Handelskrieg — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Greek: εμπορικός πόλεμος (emporikós pólemos) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת סַחַר (milkhémet-sákhar) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Hindi: व्यापार युद्ध (vyāpār yuddh) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Hungarian: kereskedelmi háború — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Japanese: 貿易戦争 (bōeki sensō) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Korean: 무역 전쟁 (muyeok jeonjaeng) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Polish: wojna handlowa — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Portuguese: guerra comercial — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Russian: торго́вая война́ (torgóvaja vojná) — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Serbo-Croatian: трговински рат — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Serbo-Croatian: trgovinski rat — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Slovak: obchodná vojna — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Spanish: guerra comercial — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Spanish: guerra mercantil — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Swedish: handelskrig — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Turkish: ticaret savaşı — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs
  • Vietnamese: chiến tranh thương mại — practice of nations creating mutual tariffs