tariffs
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Machinery is typically ordered in advance, meaning Piracicaba’s factories are still filling contracts signed before the tariffs took effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Many provinces in the country banned US alcohol sales last year in response to previous tariffs, with the American wine and spirits industry saying exports to the country dropped more than 70%.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The city is in in talks with five large Chinese companies about setting up operations in the city, according to people close to the negotiations, with interest intensifying since the first round of U.S. tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Carpets, washing machines, furniture, fridges and even knives, forks and spoons are set to have tariffs applied by Canada.
From BBC ● Aug. 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
