"trade bloc" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "See bloc",
  "forms": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1929 August 3, Carlisle MacDonald, “French trade bloc fails to progress. Plan for European action to counter tariff here disapproved by other nations.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page 16, column 3:",
          "text": "French trade bloc fails to progress. Plan for European action to counter tariff here disapproved by other nations. [headline]",
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      "glosses": [
        "A group of nations united by trade agreements."
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          "trade agreement"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "trade bloc"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trade bloc"
}

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  "etymology_text": "See bloc",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "trade blocs",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1929 August 3, Carlisle MacDonald, “French trade bloc fails to progress. Plan for European action to counter tariff here disapproved by other nations.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page 16, column 3:",
          "text": "French trade bloc fails to progress. Plan for European action to counter tariff here disapproved by other nations. [headline]",
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      ],
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        "A group of nations united by trade agreements."
      ],
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      "wikipedia": [
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  "word": "trade bloc"
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