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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtΓ¦r Ιͺf /


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It is all part of a strategy to build a "more independent, more resilient economy" in Canada in the wake of the tariff war with the US, which has escalated in recent weeks.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

There’s no trove of tariff lucre from which to pay “dividends.”

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

Within about 10 days the S&P 500 had shed nearly 14% as stocks swooned following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the start of April.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Macy’s plans to invest $96 million of its received tariff refunds this year to support its multi-year turnaround strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

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

Could you possibly take the tariffs off of Irish whiskey?’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Imported goods from Mexico and Canada have become more difficult to source and sometimes carry tariffs, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

"I was pleasantly surprised that there was a strong reference to tariffs, because India could have wanted to be less direct about it, but perhaps this was a chance to convey their displeasure," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Exports to the U.S. from the U.K. site are exempt from tariffs under an agreement between the two countries for pharmaceuticals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“I reckon it was the slaves and tariffs and things. I never thought about it much.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

According to data by Statistics Canada, the swing state of Ohio will be hardest hit, with C$3.2bn - or 12% - of its exports soon to be tariffed by Canada, followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Will retailers seek out customers who paid higher prices on products that were tariffed to hand them refunds?

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

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

In England our earliest gold coin weighed 128 4⁄7 grains, and was tariffed at 6s. 8d.

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

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

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




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