Sentence examples for lifting tariffs from inspiring English sources

The US president, Donald Trump, said on Saturday there had been progress toward a trade deal with China, but denied reports that he was considering lifting tariffs.

In Seoul, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the deal would help South Korean businesses through the lifting tariffs on important exports like cars, televisions, textiles and shoes.

They offer a potentially mixed message at a time when a new free trade deal between China and Australia has eased the passage of Australian farm products into the Chinese market by lifting tariffs, as well as easing Foreign Investment Review Board scrutiny of Chinese acquisitions in "non-sensitive" sectors.

When the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that U.S. officials were considering lifting tariffs on Chinese imports as part of the ongoing trade negotiations, markets spiked.

The US Commerce Department is considering partially lifting tariffs it imposed last year on Chinese panels, which could make the American solar industry's future a bit sunnier.

In 2001, the United States finalized a free trade agreement with Jordan, lifting tariffs on a range of goods, including apparel.

France and Germany were joined by Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands - who together pledged to create a unified market for their products, lifting tariff and quota restrictions on imports and exports, and creating a single labour market.

As the article correctly reported, it will lift tariffs on $2.3 billion in U.S. goods; it will not lift $2.3 billion in tariffs.

That divide was underscored in the contrasting reactions to President Bush's decision this fall to lift tariffs on imported steel.

PAGE C1 Bush Hears Plea on Tariffs On a visit to Pittsburgh, President Bush heard pleas from his supporters not to lift tariffs protecting the steel industry.

As the aide spoke, Mr. Bush was being forced by the World Trade Organization -- under threat of $2.3 billion in retaliatory sanctions -- to lift tariffs he had put on imported steel 21 months ago.