Sentence examples for range of tariffs from inspiring English sources

In 1721, the government of Robert Walpole placed a range of tariffs on all manufactured imports, erecting a protective wall around businesses that created the Industrial Revolution.

The MPs welcomed the recent initiatives by Ofgem and the government to force suppliers to offer customers a much smaller and simpler range of tariffs, but said stronger action might be needed quickly if the proposals did not work.

A wide range of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) such as import quotas and variable levies were applied to agricultural products before the Uruguay Round.

Last year it launched a range of new tariffs under the Precept brand designed to appeal specifically to small business users.

With energy companies offering a range of bewildering tariffs — approaching 600 at the last count — it's also no surprise they score badly on the index.

Waving an avocado in one hand and a zucchini in the other to demonstrate the "A to Z" range of potential tariffs, Mr. Thomas argued that defenders of the old tax break must "accept reality" and look for new solutions.

Instead, last week's announcement that the energy regulator was moving to simplify and restrict the huge range of energy tariffs and unfathomable bills faced by consumers desperate to minimise the effects of soaring costs, fell into the hole created by David Cameron's seemingly mistaken pledge to force energy providers to place customers onto their lowest tariff.

In particular, there's President's Trump continued trade war with China — the U.S. doubled down with a range of new tariffs last week — and some concern around Beijing's interference with China's top technology companies.

Ofgem is now urging them to simplify the bamboozling range of 400-plus tariffs which make price comparisons so tricky.

A proliferating range of Chinese non-tariff barriers to Indian companies, which India grumbles about, is a small part of this.

"For physical and technical reasons, we simply have to offer customers some kind of range of speeds in our tariffs," Mr. Blank said.