贸易畅通
贸易畅通是“一带一路”建设的重点内容，旨在激发释放沿线国家的合作潜力，做大做好合作“蛋糕”。
采取的措施主要包括：沿线国家共同建设自由贸易网络体系，消除投资和贸易壁垒，促进贸易和投资便利化；共同商建自由贸易区，构建区域内和各国良好的营商环境，激发释放合作潜力；共同提高技术性贸易措施透明度，降低非关税壁垒，提高贸易自由化便利化水平；共同拓宽贸易领域，优化贸易结构，挖掘贸易新增长点，促进贸易平衡；把投资和贸易有机结合起来，以投资带动贸易发展，在投资贸易中突出生态文明理念，加强生态环境、生物多样性和应对气候变化合作，共建绿色丝绸之路；共同优化产业链、价值链、供应链和服务链，促进沿线国家和地区产业互补、互动与互助；共同探索新的开放开发之路，形成互利共赢、多元平衡、安全高效的开放型经济体系。
Unimpeded Trade
Removing barriers to trade with the aim of unleashing the potential for greater cooperation between countries involved is a major task in building the Belt and Road.
Major measures the countries and regions along the Belt and Road could take include:
• Creating mechanisms to facilitate free trade and the removal of investment and trade barriers;
• Opening free trade areas to create a business-friendly environment at the regional and national levels and unleash the potential for cooperation;
• Improving the transparency of technical measures and reduce non-tariff barriers in order to liberalize and facilitate trade;
• Expanding trading areas, improving trade structures, and exploring new growth areas in order to attain trade balance;
• Integrating investment and trade, and boosting trade with investment;
• Incorporating a focus on cooperation in ecological conservation, protecting bio-diversity and addressing climate change into investment and trade strategies in a joint effort to build a Silk Road to green development;
• Optimizing industry, value, supply and service chains, and promoting economic complementarity, interaction and mutual assistance between countries and regions concerned; and
• Exploring new development opportunities, and creating an open economic environment that encourages the search for win-win solutions, respects diversity, enhances security and promotes efficiency.