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[tar-if] / ˈtær ɪf /


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Home Depot maintained its outlook for the full year, adding that tariff refunds are expected to partially cover unplanned costs from rising fuel and energy prices.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

GM, in a statement, said vehicles made with North American labor and parts should receive preferential tariff treatment, while Ford touted its position as the country’s top vehicle manufacturer and employer of hourly auto workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The simple fact is that U.S. tariff invoices issued by the Treasury Department are sent to the U.S. businesses that import the foreign products.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Even without a big helping hand from some one-off factors like privately held AI company markups and tariff refunds, that’s unprecedented outside of a postrecession rebound.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“So six bolts of silk at twice the price, plus the tariff, but minus my bargain to you as a Zoroastrian would be one hundred forty-seven drachms.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

“Section 232 tariffs are weighing on the auto sector with higher motor vehicle parts and equipment prices spilling over into motor vehicle maintenance and repair, so this isn’t likely a one-off,” wrote economists at RBC.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

These duties will not apply to energy, potash or goods already facing sector-specific tariffs, but they are set to hit products covered by the USMCA.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The US has been asking for a number of concessions from Canada, including removing its remaining retaliatory tariffs on American autos and adjusting its dairy quotas.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Canadian officials are racing to hammer out an interim deal to stave off the new tariffs, which would hit about $20 billion of Canadian goods, about 5% of the country’s U.S.-bound exports.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 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

The language limits the number of countries that can be tariffed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Some of the tariff effect has shown up in higher retail prices for foreign goods or domestic goods made wholly or partially from tariffed imported parts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

On Aug. 11, Trump wrote on Truth Social that gold wouldn’t be tariffed.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

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

From BBC Feb. 20, 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

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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