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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtær ɪf /


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The giant US retailer steered much of the benefit from US tariff refunds towards investments to attract inflation-strapped customers, who faced gasoline prices above $4 a gallon for much of the quarter.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The new 50% tariff was set to cover $20 billion worth of Canadian goods—about 5% of Canada’s annual exports to the U. S.—ranging from hockey sticks and electronics to plastics and building materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

When asked how Target would use tariff refunds, chief financial officer Jim Lee did not provide details but added: "We have and will continue to invest in price."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

While tariff refunds juiced profits, traffic and same-store sales — sales in a store open more than a year — were up during the period.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

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

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

US and Canadian negotiators resumed trade talks shortly after midday Thursday, as both countries push to finalize a deal to avert new tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The U.S. is likely to lower tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and autos as part of a trade framework being devised by the nations, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

It remains unclear how the new U.S. tariffs will account for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

But business organisations from both sides of the border have urged for a deal to be reached, cautioning that additional tariffs between the two major trading partners would be harmful for both countries.

From BBC Aug. 19, 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

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

Importers have been agile in switching their supply chains away from the most highly tariffed countries.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

On Aug. 11, Trump wrote on Truth Social that gold wouldn’t be tariffed.

From The Wall Street Journal 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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