How to Use tariff in a Sentence

tariff

1 of 2 noun

• The White House has said the tariff exemption will serve as a bridge while the U.S. sector ramps up.
  — Fox News, 26 Jan. 2023
• Yet the trade deficit increased and tariffs raised prices for consumers.
  — WSJ, 30 June 2023
• There will be two main effects of this tariff, Cosbey said.
  — Quartz, 14 Dec. 2022
• The Trump campaign has not specified how high this tariff would be.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• The country should roll back tariffs, strike more free trade deals with major economies and trade blocs, and cut back on the use of anti-dumping.
  — Time, 28 July 2023
• Very few Chinese cars are on the road in this country thanks to extremely high tariffs.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2023
• The government has curbed exports of wheat, rice and sugar, and may scrap a 40% tariff on wheat imports.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• Narrative is one of many tariffs that the world exacts from the uprooted.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• His view was that tariffs are risky, but that Trump could be trusted to negotiate for a better deal for the U.S.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
• But Nippon never used gimmicks to avoid the Trump tariffs on steel imports.
  — Wilbur Ross, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
• Look no further than a GOP Senate bill that would enact a carbon tariff—i.e., a new tax.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2023
• For years, the two sides have sought but struggled to introduce a tariff-free system to boost their respective economies.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• The tariffs are designed to be high enough to discourage Russian imports.
  — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
• Wine sales will not return to the same level for the company even if the high tariffs are dropped, its chief executive said in May.
  — Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
• An initial spike in steel prices after the tariffs were announced was short-lived, though prices surged to new highs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• But he’s said little about taxes, beyond pledges to raise tariffs for all imports and to cut the corporate tax rate.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Also likely before year’s end is the verdict of a lengthy review of the Trump China tariffs that could result in the lifting of some levies.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
• Though the Biden administration has kept many Trump-era tariffs in place, some want to raise them further.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 21 Dec. 2023
• Again, the carbon border adjustment is just a tariff, plain and simple.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• The tariffs were removed by President Biden, but prices have continued to rise.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Others in the wine trade scoffed at Sherry-Lehmann’s claims that undelivered wine had been held up by tariff issues.
  — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• One example is the beverage industry, which has had to swallow the cost of tariffs on aluminum for its cans.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
• That the rate of adoption of renewable systems will slow under the successor tariff does not mean adoption will cease.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• However, Stewart noted that the tariffs were lifted more than two years ago, and many of the same wines are now readily available in the United States.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 May 2023
• Most of the tariffs still remain under the Biden administration.
  — Laura He, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
• It was meant to ensure customs agents weren't wasting their time doing tariff assessments on the most trivial items.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• No mention of the sectional application of U.S. tariffs at that time?
  — Erik W. Matson, National Review, 7 Nov. 2023
• Instead, for example, Washington could hold off on tariffs for six months, giving Beijing a chance to act to avoid them.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Feb. 2024
• The former leader reshaped relations between the world’s two largest economies with massive trade tariffs while in office four years ago.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
• The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024

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tariff

2 of 2 verb

• Trump’s latest salvo in a brewing trade war would mean a sizable amount of Chinese goods shipped to the U.S. would be exposed to tariff threats and raises new questions about the impact on American consumers.
  — Fortune, 19 June 2018
• China tariffs only went into effect on Friday and metals tariffs have been assessed for about one month.
  — Bob Davis, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• To some, the market’s calm also reflects the outlook that tariffs won’t substantially threaten corporate profits.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• Now Trump’s threat to tariff an additional $300 billion in Chinese imports is creating even more uncertainty.
  — Samantha Masunaga, latimes.com, 9 June 2019
• Which means the primary beneficiary of the Trump administration’s proposal to tariff Chinese tennis balls will likely be … a Chinese company.
  — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, 30 June 2019
• Trump’s latest salvo in a brewing trade war would mean a sizable amount of Chinese goods shipped to the U.S. would be exposed to tariff threats and raises new questions about the impact on American consumers.
  — Fortune, 19 June 2018
• China tariffs only went into effect on Friday and metals tariffs have been assessed for about one month.
  — Bob Davis, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• To some, the market’s calm also reflects the outlook that tariffs won’t substantially threaten corporate profits.
  — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 15 July 2018
• Now Trump’s threat to tariff an additional $300 billion in Chinese imports is creating even more uncertainty.
  — Samantha Masunaga, latimes.com, 9 June 2019
• Which means the primary beneficiary of the Trump administration’s proposal to tariff Chinese tennis balls will likely be … a Chinese company.
  — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, 30 June 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024