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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtΓ¦r Ιͺf /


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The minister said Canada does not seek escalation after its "measured, targeted and strategic… dollar for dollar, tariff for tariff" response, and the country would "reengage at the right time" with its southern neighbour.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

If the S&P 500 were to return to the valuation reached during the 2025 tariff shock, the index would trade near 18 times forward earnings, implying an S&P level around 7,200, Truist calculates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

But the tariff would hit India elsewhere, too.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Last year, Japan committed to invest $550 billion in U.S. infrastructure to get a lower tariff rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The tariff controversy was settled, but it hinted at a greater problem.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Alex Pelle, senior U.S. economist at Mizuho Securities, said the Fed has another problem: Inflation is not just rising because of supply-related issues tied to tariffs and oil.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

However, firms said that some steels that they need would be affected by the tariffs, but are not able to be bought from the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The figures will be watched for signs of mounting price pressures following increases in electricity and town-gas tariffs this quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Williams called on the UK government to bring in a system of cheaper energy prices for low income households, known as social tariffs.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

It’s also possible that retailers, figuring that consumers would expect to pay more for tariffed washing machines and would assume the same effect held for dryers, charged more for the latter to fatten their profits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

As American importers scrambled to switch suppliers last year, Asian producers such as Thailand and Vietnam benefitted at the expense of more highly tariffed China.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Importers have been agile in switching their supply chains away from the most highly tariffed countries.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

It means a business will send goods somewhere without the knowledge of how those goods will be valued when it arrives at customs... you wouldn't know how your goods will be valued before you're tariffed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

By a decree of 6th November 1870, the 8-florin gold piece was tariffed at 8.10 florin.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

This is why the surreal stories about the US tariffing rarely visited islands only inhabited by penguins matter.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025

“You can’t be tariffing people at the same exact time that you’re negotiating a detailed arrangement with them,” Mr. Ross said, while describing them as a cocked pistol.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2018

The exportation of the national specie was still forbidden, and more than once the State found itself obliged to return to the question of the tariffing of its coinage.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

He had something to do with the high cost of tariffing.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin Leslie Gordon




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