Tariff

//ˈtæɹɪf//

"Tariff" in a Sentence (16 examples)

We hope to lower the tariff.

The same man who tells you that he does not want to see the government interfere in business—and he means it, and has plenty of good reasons for saying so—is the first to go to Washington and ask the government for a prohibitory tariff on his product.

Markets are nervous about another volley of tariff threats from President Donald Trump that would hit German cars and French wine, among other things.

The higher tariff on imports from China is effectively the biggest tax increase on the middle class in U.S. history.

What's the daily tariff.

The four pacts include simplification of visa and customs rules to boost trade and reduce tariff barriers.

Tariff war, what is it good for?

For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period called the Smoot-Hawley tariff greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.

A tariff is a regressive tax on consumers.

For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.

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Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.

It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.

Speaking to press in the Oval Office on Friday after signing executive orders, Trump said the tariff would apply to any phone maker selling devices in the US.

Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.

There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.

From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.

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