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Noun
Other Asia-Pacific markets facing higher tariffs include Indonesia, which will be hit with a 32% excise duty, Bangladesh, which was slapped with a 35% duty, as well as Cambodia and Thailand, which are set for 36% tariff rates, the president's letters indicated.—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 July 2025 Within hours, Trump announced fresh tariffs on five additional countries, including South Africa and Malaysia.—Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 July 2025
Verb
Some cases are now lined up for the Supreme Court to rule on the merits as soon as next year, including the Wilcox and tariffs cases.—Jacob Turcotte, Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2025 Market participants have been scrambling to keep up with flip-flopping White House tariffs policy, a dollar selloff , a sharp rise in U.S. Treasury yields and volatile Wall Street stocks .—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tariff
: 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
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