Sentences with phrase «higher tariffs if»
But there is no point in the UK having higher tariffs if they're trivially bypassed by importing via Ireland.
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So if the value of the dollar rose, Mexican companies could raise their prices in pesos to pay for the tariff, and those higher prices wouldn't be felt by American consumers because higher value dollars would compensate for the difference.
If the deadlock remains and talks don't proceed to the next phase, both sides could find themselves trading with each other under World Trade Organization rules, which means higher tariffs.
The bank mentioned Assa Abloy, the Dometic Group, Electrolux, Kone, Sandvik, Schindler, SKF and Vestas as specific firms that would see higher raw material costs if the tariffs do materialize.
Liu Yonghao of the New Hope Group discusses how his company could adapt if the price of U.S. soybeans becomes too high as a result of trade tariffs.
By the end of the commercial, the group snacks on avocados (i.e. guacamole), which may face a high import tariff if President Trump gets his way.
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He said it is «quite possible» his company will abandon Mexican production altogether if Trump's tariffs are too high.
NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters)- The Trump administration's trade dispute with Beijing could slam U.S. retailers if tariffs are implemented and lead to higher prices or a shortage of merchandise.
«Meanwhile, any inflationary impulse from higher tariffs depends on whether firms view the increase as permanent and if the current state of the business cycle would contribute to a high pass - through rate from tariffs to final goods.»
«If the Western democracies had a realistic conception of their long - term interest, they would add high tariffs to Chinese goods until China began behaving like a normal commercial nation,» Kuttner wrote in 2009.
«If there is follow - through on both sides to go ahead with higher tariffs, clearly there will be negative implications everywhere,» said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
The bottom line, then, is that if Trump actually ends up pulling the trigger on these tariffs, the chances are high that it could end up hurting the US a great deal more than it helps.
So high that if a renegotiation of NAFTA is not agreed to, some observers expect automakers may opt to just pay the 2.5 % tariff on autos built in Mexico.
Possible impact of higher tariffs — If tit - for - tat tariffs escalate and are implemented, then they could trim the outlook for economic growth — and U.S. consumers and producers could feel the biggest effects.
«If these tariffs are imposed,» he added, «the US will become an island of high steel prices.»
Mr Blair added: «For the poorest countries, whose labour costs are low but who often find the very high tariffs selling into the wealthy countries» markets, it is essential if they're to stand on their own two feet that they're allowed access into our markets.»
If the UK were to depart without payment of the «divorce bill», then trade would revert to WTO rules, which would include extremely high tariffs.
Also, Fitch forecasts that, «a high inflation could have a fiscal impact if it keeps domestic funding costs elevated (yields can be as high as 20 % on short - term instruments), although we think the Bank of Ghana may have scope to ease monetary policy in 2017, as the impact of electricity tariff adjustments drops out of CPI calculations, lowering headline inflation.»
As things stand, if the UK fell back on World Trade Organisation rules, the new tariff rates which the UK almost certainly have to apply to imports from the EU would be highest for staple products such as food and clothing.
And if, in retaliation, the UK were to impose tariffs on imports, this would result in higher prices for the British consumer.
At fault, Trump claimed, were the state's high taxes and unscrupulous manufacturers that have offshored factories in Mexico and China — manufacturers that he again claimed would have to eat a 35 percent tariff that he would somehow get Congress to pass if elected.
Proportion of respondents placed at higher tariff universities by the age they felt sure that they would apply to HE (Q1 — least advantaged; Q5 — most advantaged): 6,500 people told UCAS why they didn't apply to the «higher tariff» group of universities Nearly half (49 %) thought the entry requirements to these universities were too high — more would have applied if they had known they had a chance of getting in.
Three - quarters said they would have applied to a higher tariff university if they were offered a travel voucher for an Open Day.
If a country does not abide by Cap n Trade, we should base higher tariffs on their exports to the United States based on how much they pollute.
APCo says if demand is high enough, it will invest in new renewable energy facilities to add supply, which might decrease the cost of the tariff in the future.
In his vision, if a country didn't set its carbon price high enough, hoping to gain a pricing advantage, other countries would be allowed to charge tariffs on its exports.
Perhaps, growth will be more modest (and if the tariffs are high — say 30 percent or more — they will stall a broadening of the solar market).
«If you combine an ETS plus this very clear policy in terms of shutting down coal - fired power stations, plus you add in unofficial restrictions on new bank lending for coal fired power stations, plus you add renewables targets for power companies and local officials, together with tax incentives and high tariffs for renewables; all of this will have an impact back in Australia,» he says.
Three «What if» scenarios from Scotiabank Economics on the effects of failed negotiations — featuring progressively higher tariffs and greater trade disruption.
The US is less dependent on trade with its NAFTA neighbours, but its supply chains are highly integrated with Canada and Mexico and would face relatively higher tariffs than its NAFTA partners if all three were to revert to trade on a Most - Favoured Nation (MFN) basis.
This is a worthy goal because even if average tariffs are generally low, they are quite high for certain products, like apparel and clothing.
McKinney pointed out that tariffs are not a good thing if India wanted to get into free trade and if it wanted highest quality and at lowest cost.
«Prices could go much higher if the president adopts the stiff tariffs recommended by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.»
If Trump's proposed policies result in higher tariffs, friction over trade and lower confidence in the United States as a stable haven for flight capital, that could scare away foreign investors, Teshome said.