countervailing duty

noun

1

: a duty or surtax imposed on imports to offset an excise or inland revenue tax put upon articles of the same class manufactured at home

2

: a duty imposed to offset the advantage to foreign producers derived from a subsidy that their government offers for the production or export of the article taxed

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