Turkey in June introduced a 40% tariff on vehicle imports from China.—Linda Lew / Bloomberg, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024 However, estimates of the potential costs and the likely scale of the tariffs vary.—Laura Doan, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
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The European Union in July moved to impose provisional tariffs on Chinese EVs, although the EU will only collect the levies if talks with Beijing fail to yield a trade deal.—CBS News, 2 Sep. 2024 Most of these items are tariffed at 25 percent; some run over 300 percent.—Aden Barton, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for tariff
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: a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods
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: a duty or rate of duty imposed in such a schedule
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: 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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