PNTR
English
Noun
PNTR (uncountable)
- (trade, diplomacy) Initialism of permanent normal(ized) trade relations.
- Synonyms: permanent normal trade relations, permanent normalised trade relations, permanent normalized trade relations
- Coordinate terms: MFN, most favoured nation, most favored nation
- 2022 March 10, Kaitlan Collins, Manu Raju, Kate Sullivan, MJ Lee and John Harwood, “Biden calls for suspending normal trade relations with Russia and will ban imports of vodka and seafood”, in CNN[1]:
- “Revoking PNTR for Russia is going to make it harder for Russia to do business with the United States and doing it in unison with other nations that make up half of the global economy will be another crushing blow to the Russian economy that’s already suffering very badly from our sanctions,” Biden said.