Sentence examples for the high tariff from inspiring English sources

Cleveland, running for reelection, opposed the high tariff, calling it unnecessary taxation imposed upon American consumers, while Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison defended protectionism.

Party lines earlier had been more easily broken, as during the crisis that erupted over South Carolina's bitter objections to the high Tariff of 1828.

But newcomers — or anyone else, for that matter — shouldn't be expected to take their chances, especially in light of the high tariff.

But Mr Coutinho says that this does not involve a return to the big Brazilian state and the high tariff protection of the 1960s and 1970s, as the critics charge.

It has annual sales of over $8.5 billion and it prospered hugely behind the high tariff walls and barriers to inward investment that existed during India's days of post-imperial autarky.

It cannot be decided whether it was his or Levy's shrewd eye which shrewdly saw the desirability of avoiding the high tariff on bottled perfumes by importing raw essences, assembling them according to the French formula in New York, and thus endearing themselves to the American perfume-buying public by prices lower than some of their foreign competitors could stoop to.

That would ease the pain of scrapping the high tariffs that currently protect many farmers.

Some Bush advisers have warned that the high tariffs would have the same effect on the economy as higher taxes.

He warned against any return to the high tariffs that characterized American trade policy in the middle of the 20th century.

The competitiveness of India's new industries stands in sharp contrast to the high tariffs and red tape that still shelter many other parts of the economy.

Another factor is the high tariffs on agricultural imports that keep Norwegian farms in business: "We have perhaps the most protected agricultural system in the world," he said.