tariff
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Gross margin rose 590 basis points to 54.1%, primarily due to tariff refunds, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that imposes a 15% tariff on imported products made from polysilicon, a crucial material used in semiconductors and solar panels.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday that will set a 15% tariff on imports of the solar-energy materials and equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Other companies have said they’ll use tariff refunds to cover other inflationary effects, such as those due to the Iran war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The tariff controversy was settled, but it hinted at a greater problem.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Washington and Beijing have also been locked in a tit-for-tat tariffs war, which has been on hold since May 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In 2025, when the U.S. introduced new tariffs, China’s exports of consumer goods fell for the first time since 2019, according to a McKinsey Global Institute analysis of China’s official customs data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The U.S. tariffs aim to reduce reliance on Chinese-made panels and polysilicon, which are critical for semiconductors and solar systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Consumer packaged goods and auto companies are “overrepresented” on the platform, making up 25% of the business, and those companies have been hit hard by tariffs and oil prices, Green added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Poor in natural resources, its trade crippled by high tariffs and low demand, Japan was struggling to support a growing population.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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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
It’s also possible that retailers, figuring that consumers would expect to pay more for tariffed washing machines and would assume the same effect held for dryers, charged more for the latter to fatten their profits.
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
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 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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