The phrase "avert trade" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning without context.
It could be used in discussions about preventing or avoiding trade in a specific context, such as economic policies or regulations.
Example: "The government implemented new tariffs to avert trade with countries that do not comply with environmental standards."
Alternatives: "prevent trade" or "avoid trade".
One day after President Bush abandoned American protective tariffs on imported steel to avert a trade war with Europe, Pascal Lamy, the European trade commissioner, said he would use the same tactics again in another long-running trade dispute with the United States.
The commission is also anxious to avert a trade war with the US, which has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against the ban.
The department's decision should help avert a trade dispute.
The tax legislation was needed to avert looming trade sanctions by Europe.
In 1990 he held a state dinner for Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan, and the two men had talks to avert a trade crisis.
Mr. Gore and Mr. Chernomyrdin furthered cooperation between the United States and Russia in space; their relationship helped avert a trade war in 1996 over frozen chicken parts.
Anxious for the EU to avert a trade war with the United States over the issue, British representatives voted in Brussels to back the Europe-wide sale of a variety of GM sweetcorn produced by the Anglo-Swiss firm Syngenta.
A16 China to Impose Textile Tariffs China's Commerce Ministry announced that it would impose tariffs on some textile exports, a step that could avert a trade war with the United States and the European Union over low-cost Chinese garments.
Pressed for details, the firm says that "in 2011, the financial support that Huawei provided to customers came to 5.86% of total contract sales," a figure not specified.At the end of June, Chinese and European officials met in a bid to avert a trade war over subsidies.
The tax bill, which would cost roughly $245 billion over 10 years, is also intended to help people pay for retirement and for long-term health care, to offer incentives to revitalize poor urban and rural areas and to impose new tax rules for American exporters to avert a trade war with the European Union.
