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Also known as trading, transactions, commercial transactions

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Trade is the exchange of goods and services between people, communities, or nations. It matters because it allows people to obtain things they need or want that they don't produce themselves, and it has been a fundamental human activity throughout history.

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  • Etymology
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Ancient history
  • Mediterranean and Near East
  • Indo-Pacific
  • The Orient
  • Mesoamerica
  • Middle Ages
  • The Age of Sail and the Industrial Revolution
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • 21st century
  • Free trade
  • Perspectives
  • Protectionism
  • Religion
  • Development of money
  • Trends
  • Doha rounds
  • China
  • International trade
  • Trade sanctions
  • Fair trade
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|upright|Two traders in 16th-century Germany thumb|upright=1.15|The San Juan de Dios Market in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]] thumb|s:The Liberty to Trade as Buttressed by National Law|The Liberty to Trade as Buttressed by National Law (1909) by [[George Howard Earle, Jr.]]

Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market.

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