Examples of tariff in a Sentence
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Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Prior to the Chinese tariffs, in 2019, the wine trade was worth some 1.1 billion Australian dollars, or $710 million, according to the AP.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Any attempt by the EU to put a damper on Chinese EV sales with tariffs though is likely to trigger German opposition.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In the event he is elected, Donald Trump’s plan to hike minimum import tariffs to 10% from roughly 2% currently could exacerbate trade tensions even with close allies as well as reignite inflation.
—Robert Stevens, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Johnson is all for steep tariffs on China and restricting Muslim immigration.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
The tariffs are designed to be high enough to discourage Russian imports.
—Samuel Petrequin, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Trump threatened in early 2019 to slap stiff tariffs on Mexican exports if the country didn’t reduce the number of migrants headed for the U.S. border.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
Will tariff reductions be on the docket?
—Ian Mount, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2021
But Trump’s main strategy for obtaining better trade deals has been to tariff other countries into submission.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
In public, Chinese officials call Mr Trump’s tariffs self-defeating and stress their country’s economic resilience.
—The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020
If Trump continues to tariff Chinese goods, the real losers will be the American consumers, manufacturers and farmers who will bear the costs.
—Leo Hindery Jr. For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
Thus, American retailers and consumers will likely not get stuck with the extra cost for those goods tariffed in December.
—James D. Schultz For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019
Chief Executive Officer Martin Wong said his company, a rival to Inventec, has also shifted some notebook lines to Taiwan and was considering investing more in Vietnam should tariff-conflicts persist.
—Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
Fifty-three-foot shipping containers are essential for trucking and rail transportation, and big companies like J.B Hunt and CSX said that tariffing them would make all kinds of freight shipments more expensive.
—Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
Another comes from the nearly 3,000 trade-distorting measures, such as higher tariffs or subsidies, that were imposed in 2023, the report said.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Prior to the Chinese tariffs, in 2019, the wine trade was worth some 1.1 billion Australian dollars, or $710 million, according to the AP.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Any attempt by the EU to put a damper on Chinese EV sales with tariffs though is likely to trigger German opposition.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In the event he is elected, Donald Trump’s plan to hike minimum import tariffs to 10% from roughly 2% currently could exacerbate trade tensions even with close allies as well as reignite inflation.
—Robert Stevens, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Johnson is all for steep tariffs on China and restricting Muslim immigration.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
The tariffs are designed to be high enough to discourage Russian imports.
—Samuel Petrequin, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
Trump threatened in early 2019 to slap stiff tariffs on Mexican exports if the country didn’t reduce the number of migrants headed for the U.S. border.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Verb
Research from economists at the Federal Reserve and the University of Chicago found that tariffs Mr. Trump imposed on washing machines in 2018 created about 1,800 jobs while raising the median prices consumers paid for new washers and dryers by $86 and $92 per unit.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
Will tariff reductions be on the docket?
—Ian Mount, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2021
But Trump’s main strategy for obtaining better trade deals has been to tariff other countries into submission.
—Tom Benning, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
In public, Chinese officials call Mr Trump’s tariffs self-defeating and stress their country’s economic resilience.
—The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020
If Trump continues to tariff Chinese goods, the real losers will be the American consumers, manufacturers and farmers who will bear the costs.
—Leo Hindery Jr. For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
Thus, American retailers and consumers will likely not get stuck with the extra cost for those goods tariffed in December.
—James D. Schultz For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 15 Aug. 2019
Chief Executive Officer Martin Wong said his company, a rival to Inventec, has also shifted some notebook lines to Taiwan and was considering investing more in Vietnam should tariff-conflicts persist.
—Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
Fifty-three-foot shipping containers are essential for trucking and rail transportation, and big companies like J.B Hunt and CSX said that tariffing them would make all kinds of freight shipments more expensive.
—Lydia Depillis, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2019
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tariff
noun
tar·iff
ˈtar-əf
1
a
: a list of taxes placed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
b
: a tax or rate of tax set up in a tariff list
2
: a list of rates or charges of a business or public service company
Legal Definition
tariff
noun
tar·iff
ˈtar-əf 
1
a
: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
b
: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
2
: a document filed with the appropriate government agency that sets forth the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished by a business (as a carrier) or public utility
Etymology
Noun
Italian tariffa, from Arabic taʽrīf notification
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