Sentence examples for past trades from inspiring English sources

The Patriots had four picks in the first two rounds this season because of past trades.

They may have been the only team that went into this past April's draft without a single obvious hole to fill on either side of the ball (which is why no one voiced any concern about the fact that, thanks to past trades, just two of their six total selections came before the fifth round).

"Aid is past, trade is future," Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid recently said.

Its proximity, past trade relations and immediate reconstruction needs make Libya an obvious target for Tunisian business.

But while in the past trade agreements sought to address protectionism, now they seek to address protection.

They say past trade agreements, which removed tariffs and other protections for domestic manufacturers, have eroded the nation's industrial strength.

It is in part a reflection of past trade frictions with Japan as well as initial distrust of Mr Abe for his dubious views on Japan's wartime history.

In the past, trade between the two countries was mostly defense related, but in more recent years that market has been overtaken by civilian goods.

Past trade deals have avoided such an idea, because it is so hard to define.The third risk is that the agreements never become law, at least in America.

Second, officials say that, while in the past trade unionists may have been killed because of their activism, nowadays most of the deaths are for unrelated reasons.

"There's not as much cooperation as you'd think," said one senior House Republican aide and veteran of past trade wars with Democratic allies.