Sentence examples for provisional tariffs from inspiring English sources
PAGE B3 EUROPE BACKS TARIFFS ON BIOFUEL Seeking to protect their biodiesel industry, European governments backed on Tuesday a plan to impose provisional tariffs on American biodiesel producers.
By comparison, the EU has imposed provisional tariffs on China of 16% for cold rolled steel, which is used to manufacture cars and appliances and in construction.
The provisional tariffs would be imposed even though the EC's official investigation is only nine months into its 15-month duration.
If the EC believes China has not altered its trade practices after the full 15-month investigation comes to an end in December, the provisional tariffs could be imposed for five years.
Everyone who wants a reliable and nonpolluting energy supply, you would think, would welcome that.But on May 17th America's Commerce Department slapped a provisional tariff of 31% on 61 Chinese makers of solar panels, including some of the cheapest in the business.
The proposal revisits a split among the 25 European Union countries, which rejected a similar plan on Aug. 4. Europe's provisional antidumping tariff, approved in March, expires Oct. 6.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — The Bush administration, in an action likely to escalate tensions with China, reaffirmed on Thursday its provisional policy of imposing duties on certain Chinese imports, paving the way for possible tariff increases on a variety of imports.
They are inherently provisional.
