Sentence examples for onerous tariffs from inspiring English sources

To no one's surprise, the World Trade Organization issued a final ruling yesterday that the Bush administration violated trade laws when it slapped onerous tariffs on an array of steel imports last year.

Nissan said last month it would build two new models at its plant in Sunderland after suggesting it would leave the UK if it faced onerous tariffs caused by Brexit.

Onerous import tariffs limited consumption in Thailand to a small coterie of well-heeled expatriates and residents with a penchant for pricey labels and a tolerance for restaurant markups of 300 percent or more.

Over at CG we've been watching the iPhone pricing plans whiz by, from the onerous Rogers tariff to Vodafone New Zealand's $200 per month for 1 GB data plan.

Many of these are non-tariff barriers, including onerous environmental and safety standards.

As mineowners had hoped, the Transvaal's new imperial overlords were sensitive to the industry's needs, rescinding Boer tariffs and concessions and enacting onerous new taxes and a pass law explicitly designed to force blacks to accept employment at whatever wages whites were willing to pay.

Participants are aiming for a "high-standard" agreement which chips away at stubborn non-tariff barriers: everything from import quotas to onerous regulatory hurdles.

Take tariffs.

It's not onerous.

Nothing particularly onerous there.

Reporting requirements are onerous.