free-trade zone(an area in which trade can be carried out free of such government interference as import quotas, export subsidies, protective tariffs, etc Example Sentences Including "free-trade zone" Beijing struck the deal a day before Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee proposed a similar free-trade zone. INDIA TODAY (2002) China's arrest of a businessman has thrown into chaos Pyongyang's plans for a free-trade zone. TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2002) Colonel Gaddafi said that he would apply to be admitted to the free-trade zone after progress was made on two issues. TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2004) Early yesterday, the ferry could be seen docked inside the free-trade zone at Mariel, a deep port west of Havana. OTTAWA SUN (2003) The company has also saved hundreds of thousands of dollars from state financial incentives for setting up in a free-trade zone. Collins Alexander Demidov)
