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A step in trade reform (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tread

'a step' is the definition.
(I know that step can be written as tread)

'trade reform' is the wordplay.
'reform' indicates an anagram (letters in a new form).
'trade' with letters rearranged gives 'TREAD'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tread that I've seen before include "Put one's foot down!" , "dance" , "Top surface of a stair step" , "Tyre moulding" , "March" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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