Washington says the tariff is designed to offset government subsidies to Canadian producers; Canada wants the fees eliminated.
The unit, Fort James Operating, has agreed to preserve more than 1,000 acres of wildlife habitat in northeastern Wisconsin, pay $8.5 million for other restoration projects and pay $1.6 million to offset government and state costs for damage assessments.
By the end of 2007, young Pakistanis and activists of all ages were increasingly turning to SMS text messaging, Flickr, and YouTube to help coordinate and document protests, provide original news coverage of hyperlocal events (such as rallies on the LUMS campus), and offer alternative media distribution models to offset government censorship.
Companies restocked their inventories faster than expected, offsetting government spending cuts imposed by the "sequester".
In theory, if the health care law works as intended, Mr. Aslam could become part of an influx of newly insured patients, offsetting government cuts in payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of the poor and uninsured.
"The high cost of rare earths is having a significant chilling effect on wind turbine and electric motor production in spite of offsetting government subsidies for green tech products," said one of the conference attendees, Michael N. Silver, chairman and chief executive of American Elements, a chemical company based in Los Angeles.
We tend to describe higher gas prices as working like a tax on consumers, but economist Mark Zandi, who also views energy prices as a downside risk, recently wrote: "Worse than a tax, higher oil prices siphon off spending power with no offsetting government expenditures".
While landlords may have wanted to offset the government's tax regime by raising rents, uncertainty surrounding Brexit seems to have forced the vast majority to forfeit this to maintain a steady income.
The grant helped offset shrinking government support.
Increased income from fees has largely offset significant government cuts to public teaching grants".
