The king imported Tesla electric cars for himself and senior ministers, and the authorities waived the country's prohibitive car import duties on hybrids and plug-ins.
"The U.S. tariffs are prohibitive to imports and should be allowed to expire," Mr. Desplechin said.
Along the way, a huge and entirely new market for domestic products opened up after the ruble's collapse in 1998 made imports prohibitive.
Then there are the additional prohibitive duties on imported cars, like the 1970s Oldsmobile Cutlasses or Buick Regals that are coveted by lowrider clubs not only in Brazil but also around the world.
At present a prohibitive tariff on US imports effectively prices them out of contention.
The administration has imposed prohibitive duties on steel imports from Japan and Brazil.
The United States has accused China of currency manipulation, and threatened to impose prohibitive tariffs on Chinese imports.
The bite of sanctions into Iranians' prosperity and quality of life has been profound, DiMaggio said, pointing to shortages of essential medicines and the prohibitive costs of what imports have been allowed in since the U.N. sanctions went into effect in 2006.
Canada's prohibitive sanctions, which include firm import and export prohibitions, as well as an asset freeze and an arms embargo will remain in place.
