quota system
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Steel imports from Canada could face a quota system, said some of the people familiar, and tariffs on imports that exceed the quota would be higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Indonesia is also buying more panels, though generous energy subsidies and a strict quota system give consumers little incentive to switch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
But now a quota system is in place on Hein's ship and they only get one meal of four small pieces of meat and one bowl of fried vegetables daily.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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