tariff
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As the dust settles in this tit-for-tat tariff row, what will be affected most on both sides of the border?
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
A key factor in this episode of the tariff war is the volume of household items that have been specifically targeted as opposed to raw materials.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
For the year, though, Dollar Tree said tariff refunds would ultimately benefit the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The threat of U.S. tariffs — the Commerce Department has outlined a potential phased universal tariff on refined copper in 2027 and 2028 — also prompted traders to pull forward months of future supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 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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Carpets, washing machines, furniture, fridges and even knives, forks and spoons are set to have tariffs applied by Canada.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
While tariffs can end up hitting consumers in the pocket, there are other impacts on households.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Instead, they could impose tariffs, with a promise to dial them back if China revalues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
How a trendy Canadian retailer is grappling with Trump’s tariffs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I reckon it was the slaves and tariffs and things. I never thought about it much.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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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
Importers have been agile in switching their supply chains away from the most highly tariffed countries.
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
In past trade disputes, the EU has tariffed products such as bourbon, Harley-Davidson motorcycles and farm goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 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 ● 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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