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How to use the word Tariff in a Sentence?

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There's a variety of views on trade. My view on trade is pretty simple. If we manufacture something here in the United States, we should protect our manufacturers, if we don't manufacture something here in the United States, and we're not going to manufacture here in the United States, I don't believe we should put a tariff on it.

United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Some reductions may be warranted, it could help to bring down prices of things that people buy that are burdensome. I want to make clear I honestly don't think tariff policy is a panacea with respect to inflation.

Janet Yellen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A 50 % tariff on American whiskeys would no doubt make it cost prohibitive for some craft distillers to do business in European Union after all the time, energy and investment they spent working to break into this important international market.

Lisa Hawkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

South African wine now has great advantages over Australian wine because of the new tariff situation, south African wines are more innovative and beautiful.

Edouard Duval

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We’ve exchanged initial tariff offers and held detailed technical discussions on areas such as investment, professional business services and financial services.

Liz Truss

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Multinationals, who are the likeliest beneficiaries of frictionless, tariff-free trade, and overseas currency earners are generally leading the charge in the FTSE 100.

Russ Mould

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We had to create a whole strategy of what-ifs, if there is a tariff, do we shut factories down ? Do we move them ? These are hard things to make quick decisions on. You can't just build a new glass factory in Portland.

Tom Werner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

That is why we need governments to work together and with global financial institutions to make sure there are enough financial resources to keep supply chains solvent, so they can keep workers employed during these crises, common sense measures like deferring tariff payments and fully funding loan programs for retailers — now largely closed — are just two of the tools all governments should be implementing.

Steve Lamar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Any move to de-escalate is always good. Especially, when the market is overwhelmed by the news about virus, good news about tariff is refreshing, the announcement shows China's commitment to implement the phase one trade deal despite the disruptions from the recent virus outbreak.

Tommy Xie

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

China never believed that resorting to tariff hikes is the right way ... because there is no winner in a trade war.

Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People are not really fearing the potential for inflation, whether it's tariff-related or a bounce in commodities, it's been more than a decade where investors and market prognosticators have spoken about the potential for higher inflation and hasn't come to fruition.

Yousef Abbasi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Before Biarritz, the threat was real, we were close to getting hit with a tariff on French wine ... After Biarritz the threat has receded, it hasn't been totally lifted but it is receding and it's going to depend on the work we get done with my American counterpart in the coming days.

Bruno Le Maire

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Actually what he was intending to say is he always has second thoughts and actually had second thoughts about possibly a higher tariff response to China.

Larry Kudlow

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It is a targeted tariff at Brown-Forman.

Chief Executive Lawson Whiting

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I urge the United States to now, finally, begin serious negotiations to reach an industrial tariff agreement.

Peter Beyer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Tariff and trade uncertainties created anxiety across our customer supply chains.

Bob Swan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We're worried about how much of the 10 % tariff will get passed on to consumers across all categories. A lot of things are going to get more expensive, and toys aren't essential goods.

Steve Pasierb

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Although the U.S. and China have struck a truce on trade, the reality is that there was a tariff hike in June, japan and South Korea have spats while the world's economy is slowing down. Investors are looking to what kind of guidance companies will provide under such circumstances.

Masahiro Ayukai

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's still a good price for them even with the tariff.

Don Bloss

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have a long way to go as far as tariffs, where China is concerned, if we want. We have another $325 billion that we can put a tariff on if we want.

Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The market is already primed for a bad outcome, if you saw a tariff reduction, or even friendly progress that takes escalation off the table, it would give you a huge bullish market response.

Jared Woodard

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Other markets are cheaper but for a good reason, if you invest globally, you are wading into the murky waters of Trump tariff tweets and the potential for more fireworks. Proceed with caution.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A U.S. tariff would, therefore, tilt the playing field in favor of our global competitors.

Apple Inc

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Trade anxiety has died down, pushing energy prices higher as global growth will not be pressured by a prolonged tariff war.

Alfonso Esparza

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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