The phrase "assertive trade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing trade practices that are confident and proactive, often implying a strong negotiation stance or approach.
Example: "The company adopted an assertive trade strategy to secure better deals with suppliers."
Alternatives: "proactive trade" or "confident trade".
The European Union, like the United States, is talking tough about Chinese "state capitalism" and is devising a more assertive trade policy to counter what it sees as a playing field tilted against foreign companies.
HANOI, Vietnam Chinana's military expansion and assertive trade policies have set off jitters across Asia, prompting many of its neighbors to rekindle old alliances and cultivate new ones to better defend their interests against the rising superpower.
Senator Brown said Washington's appetite for a more assertive trade policy was whetted last month by China's imposition of steep tariffs on $4.9 billion a year of imports of sport utility vehicles and large cars from the United States.
Defensively, they've become more assertive since trading for cornerback Aqib Talib.
Everyone has a contribution to make to the next chapter of our national story: active government; businesses and entrepreneurs; our trade unions; assertive consumers; our universities and our colleges; our cities, towns and our regions.
Brazil has become an increasingly assertive player at the World Trade Organisation and its influence inside bodies such as the G20, the IMF and World Bank is also growing.
But Lt. Gen. David Barno, the commander of the American-led forces, said in March that his troops were finding growing connections between extremism and drugs, which could augur a more assertive approach to the drug trade.
The approach — part carrot, part stick — reflected the delicate balance the administration is trying to strike in a campaign year by taking a newly assertive posture over China's trade and commercial policies, while pursuing delicate negotiations as an alternative to confrontation.
The world's art dealers had to wonder whether a more assertive Chinese government might upset the lucrative trade in relics -- many of which have shady pasts.
As its officials develop policy with a newly assertive China, the U.S. needs to assert its rights under the trade laws, as well.
Unions and many Congressional Democrats have contended that the administration should be more assertive in forcing China to honor previous free trade commitments.
