Sentences with phrase «blanket tariffs»

However, the ITC's September 22 decision did not support the idea of blanket tariffs on all imports.

Britain, Australia, Europe and Japan would also be included under the kind of blanket tariff or quota recently floated by the Commerce Department.

Blanket tariffs have unintended consequences in commerce and, most important, are a tax on the U.S. consumer.

«But blanket tariffs that also sweep up fairly traded steel and aluminum, especially with trading partners like Canada and Mexico — they should be excluded.»

The Mexican and Canadian ministers are likely to press Trump's trade envoy on whether their countries will be excluded from the blanket tariffs.

Putting up a blanket tariff on goods coming into the country would seem impractical in today's world.

On trade, even if a new (riskier) negotiating regime has begun, the first moves appear to be negotiating tactics, not the large and blanket tariffs that historically have started trade wars.

Some reports suggest Lighthizer will propose voluntary export restraints in lieu of the blanket tariffs to allied countries or a tariff - rate quota equivalent to the quantity of steel or aluminum exported to the United States last year.

The petitioners argue these blanket tariffs on all imports would succeed where past tariffs on countries like China and Taiwan have failed, as these foreign manufacturers have quickly set up shop in non-tariffed countries or used shipping methods to mask the country of original manufacturer in order to avoid tariffs.