tariffs

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In November, Inter Ikea reported a 32 percent drop in annual profit for its 2024-2025 financial year as it lowered prices to boost sales and faced higher costs due to US tariffs.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Physical capacity across the world is constricted by a variety of chokepoints, some natural like Hormuz, some man-made like tariffs.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Issues around tariffs, technology restrictions, rare-earth controls and Taiwan are likely to remain on the negotiation track rather than be resolved in one meeting, the strategist added.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"None of those problems have been solved after eight years of having these tariffs on the books."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It recognized England’s right to retain tariffs on American exports while granting English imports most-favored status in the United States; it implicitly accepted English impressment of American sailors.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis