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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtær ɪf /


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A Mexican official said Thursday that the country is making "steady progress" towards a US tariff deal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The second-quarter performance showed a drop in profit and anemic revenue growth as Shein continued to struggle with tariff headwinds and mounting logistics costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Other indicators put this at the weakest breadth since the spring 2025 stock-market tariff tantrum.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

With little sign of a truce or lower international energy costs, a big increase in prices for those not on a fixed tariff looks highly likely.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

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

Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Countries are also seeking cooperation with Washington to lower tariffs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Yet a series of shocks — tariffs, war, high oil prices, rising interest rates — have kept the economy from performing even better.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

About 20 million households in England, Scotland and Wales are on variable energy tariffs set by Ofgem's price cap, which puts a maximum price on each unit of gas and electricity.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He had heard talk of tariffs, of slave states and free ones, of a violent old man named John Brown, and during the past winter, of states seceding from the Union.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

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

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

The automaker said Tuesday it expects to spend an additional $1 billion this year to import heavily tariffed aluminum while Novelis works to get the plant back on track.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

I presume if the siege lasts long enough, dogs, rats, and cats will be tariffed.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

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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