tariff
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Washington said Wednesday that, as of next week, it would impose a 25% tariff on some 3,000 goods from Brazil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
UK steel production has been falling for several decades and the financial pressures facing the industry were heightened last March when the US imposed a 25% tariff on any steel it imports.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The analysts also remain wary of uncertainty surrounding copper prices, citing global growth risks and potential U.S. tariff decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The perceived unfairness of the PIX system and other alleged discriminatory trade practices has led the US to threaten a 25 percent tariff on some Brazilian exports.
From Barron's ● Jul. 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
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The situation highlights a difficult reality for policymakers: Some problems can cross borders regardless of tariffs, political boundaries or enforcement measures.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The U.S. is already experiencing above-average food-price inflation this year due to factors such as tariffs and severe weather in many major agricultural growing regions around the world, Volpe said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Trump’s social media posts often cause sudden swings in global markets, especially when he writes about trade and tariffs.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Germany's flagship auto sector is struggling with issues including weak demand in Europe, US tariffs and fierce competition from China.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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
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Importers have been agile in switching their supply chains away from the most highly tariffed countries.
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
Instead, Insteel has at times turned to tariffed imports from Algeria, India and elsewhere when there weren’t enough American supplies to go around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Many companies had bought up materials before the onset of tariffs, and they’ve only just recent begun buying the higher-cost, tariffed goods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
I presume if the siege lasts long enough, dogs, rats, and cats will be tariffed.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
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 Shaw, William Arthur
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 Gordon, Irwin Leslie
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