tariff
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“Courts may eventually intervene, but 338 gives Trump broad tariff leverage in the meantime,” Krueger wrote.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 8, 2026
Refined copper was left outside the initial tariff, while the Commerce Department was directed to examine whether the metal should also be subject to restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 8, 2026
Strong growth in exports to the European Union, Southeast Asia and Africa helped offset a steep drop in shipments to the United States, which were hit by the tariff war.
From Barron's β Sep. 8, 2026
But the mood in the state is negative as tariff retaliation has cost export markets, and fertilizer and equipment prices are rising.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 7, 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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Copper prices hit a record high Tuesday due to concerns over potential U.S. tariffs and supply problems amid surging demand for AI data-center infrastructure.
From Barron's β Sep. 8, 2026
Copper prices climbed to a fresh record on the London Metal Exchange as distortions to trade flows due to concerns over potential U.S. tariffs collided with supply challenges at key mines worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 8, 2026
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the North American neighbors heats up.
From Barron's β Sep. 8, 2026
Trade talks between Canada and the US collapsed late last month after Canada walked away from the negotiating table, after which the US imposed new 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods.
From BBC β Sep. 7, 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
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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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β Feb. 11, 2026
Speaking of funerals reminds me that the newspapers propose that the undertakers, like the butchers, should 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 β 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 β 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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