Sentence examples for heavy tariffs from inspiring English sources

Heavy tariffs hindered Ssangyong's sales in China.

But Washington has imposed heavy tariffs on orange juice from Brazil since 1987.

As Congressional elections approach, with the unemployment rate high, some in Congress are threatening to impose heavy tariffs on imports from China because of the country's currency policies.

It was cheaper than French faience, or tin-glazed earthenware, and more durable and was therefore subjected to heavy tariffs in 1741 and 1749.

The vote clears the way for additional steps by the commission and the Commerce Department that could result in heavy tariffs on Chinese imports.

And he has pledged to renegotiate trade deals, and, if he deems it necessary, to slap heavy tariffs on goods from Mexico, China, and other countries.

Still, at least one more got through: in 1928, Calvin Coolidge accepted a hundred-and-forty-seven-pound domestic Swiss cheese from Wisconsinites grateful for a heavy tariff he imposed on imports from Switzerland.

The most potent of these weapons of job destruction is China's currency manipulation -- a grossly undervalued yuan pushes companies like Apple and Caterpillar and GE offshore while simultaneously acting as a lucrative subsidy to iPads sold into the U.S. and a heavy tariff on American goods exported to China.

The fossil fuel-heavy tariffs that turned dominate the energy industry are typically cheaper than green tariffs, because renewable power requires a higher level of subsidy.

Li Junfeng, a Chinese government renewable energy policy maker who is also the president of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, a government-backed trade group, welcomed the Commerce Department's decision not to levy heavier tariffs.

But when the Russian government slapped heavier tariffs on imported alcohol in the mid-1990's, the black market exploded, opening up more opportunities in the trade for the ubiquitous Russian mob.