Sentence examples for temporary tariffs from inspiring English sources

She said Mr. O'Neill supported temporary tariffs that would give the industry time to slim down and become globally competitive.

On October 7th it imposed temporary tariffs and quotas on imports of potatoes, onions, beans, tomatoes, powdered milk, fresh cheese, milk and whey.

Mr. Bush has been consistently worried about trade and at one point put temporary tariffs on a number of nations that export steel to the United States.

Trade agreements do include "safeguards," special circumstances under which temporary tariffs are permitted; but the conditions under which you can do that are fairly restrictive.

We have reassured Americans anxious about change by demonstrating that the administration, under international rules, will use safeguard provisions, like the recent decision to place temporary tariffs on some imported steel, to defend America's economic interests.

In the end, President George W. Bush approved temporary tariffs in March 2002 on imported steel from certain countries, saying it would give domestic producers "breathing room," even as critics accused him of trying to bolster his political standing in industrial states like Pennsylvania that he had failed to win in 2000.

They got a temporary tariff from President Bush, but not much more.

Archives|FRANCO-GERMAN ACCORD.; Berlin Said to Be Ready to Accept Temporary Tariff Arrangement.

FRANCO-GERMAN ACCORD.; Berlin Said to Be Ready to Accept Temporary Tariff Arrangement.

Clearly, nothing will happen until or unless the United States shows that it's willing to do what it normally does when another country subsidizes its exports: impose a temporary tariff that offsets the subsidy.

And when another steelworker asked Mr. Kerry about trade, he scolded Mr. Bush, saying the president imposed a three-year temporary tariff on steel imports but then "pulled the rug out from under that halfway through".