Sentences with phrase «blanket tariffs on»

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

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

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who blanketed the airwaves on Friday to defend the tariffs, continued to press on Trump's behalf and to downplay the possible impact of the move on U.S. consumer prices and jobs.

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

But this is not a man who would start discussions with a blanket 45 % tariff on Chinese imports, as Trump has advocated.

Economists have warned that many of Trump's proposals — including suggestions that he would impose blanket double - digit tariffs on goods from Mexico and China — could backfire on the American economy by causing prices to rise or igniting a trade war.