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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtær ɪf /


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According to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the dispute with the nation's largest trading partner was not just about tariff demands but what he called unacceptable "threats" to the French language and "Quebec culture."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

They warned that the deal would have locked in tariff rates that were still too high for many industries to be competitive in the long run and unlikely to be negotiated down in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The average U.S. effective tariff rate on Canada has risen to around 6% from about 3%, according to RBC analysts.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

The couple, whose shop has been operating for 51 years, say they will likely hold the original price and hope the "tariff problem," as Roach calls it, gets worked out.

From BBC Aug. 24, 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

On CNN on Monday, British Columbia Premier David Eby noted US consumers will see the impact of the US tariffs in any number of goods.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

“I’ve basically gotten a Ph.D. over the last year in tariffs because I feel like that’s my sole job,” Mary Buchzeiger, CEO of the Michigan-based auto parts supplier Lucerne International, told a local radio station.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Instead, their Canadian factories face an increase in the U.S. tariffs on their products in about four months.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

After walking away from what he called a "bad deal," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs effective September 8.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 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

Will retailers seek out customers who paid higher prices on products that were tariffed to hand them refunds?

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

As American importers scrambled to switch suppliers last year, Asian producers such as Thailand and Vietnam benefitted at the expense of more highly tariffed China.

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

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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