1) price decontrol or 2) reduction or lifting of restrictions on domestic or external trade. For example, allowing producers, suppliers, distributors and vendors more access to veterinary inputs and their market.
The removal by a government of restrictions placed upon the import of goods, the movement of capital, etc.
The process of establishing the internal market through the elimination of unnecessary obstacles and restraints to trade.
Unilateral or multilateral reductions in tariffs and other measures that restrict trade. Trade liberalization has been the objective of all rounds of the GATT trade negotiations.
Unilateral, bilateral or multilateral actions to reduce tariffs and/or remove other measures that restrict international trade. (LibÉralisation)
Reductions in tariff and other measures that restrict world trade, unilaterally, bilaterally or multilaterally.
In general, liberalization refers to a relaxation of previous government restrictions, usually in areas of social or economic policy. Liberalization of autocratic regimes may precede democratization (or not, as in the case of the Prague Spring).