Sentence examples for preliminary tariffs from inspiring English sources

Under European Union rules, preliminary tariffs can be turned into five-year tariffs six months later.

That is why European executives are pressing for the preliminary tariffs — to force China to the bargaining table.

A majority of the European Union's governments were officially opposed to putting the preliminary tariffs in place.

A voting majority of member nations could overturn the preliminary tariffs, although such a move would be unprecedented.

While the commission routinely consults member countries on preliminary tariffs, in the past that has tended to be more of a formality, and opposition has been infrequent.

Preliminary tariffs could be imposed in Europe next May, and final tariffs would not be set until December of next year.

That rate reflected a small reduction of a preliminary tariff set earlier.

Thailand, the largest exporter of shrimp to the United States, faces average duties of as much as 6percentt, down from a 10.3percentt preliminary tariff proposed in July.

The Senate's top Democrat, Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, has asked the Commerce Department to revisit a preliminary tariff slapped on Canadian newsprint imports.

In May, the Commerce Department imposed preliminary antidumping tariffs of at least 31 percent on Chinese solar panels, added to preliminary antisubsidy tariffs of 2.9 percent to 4.73 percent imposed in March.

Less than a day after the European Union said it was imposing preliminary import tariffs on Chinese solar panels, China's Ministry of Commerce announced Wednesday that it had begun a trade investigation of wines imported from the European Union.