retaliatory tariff
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- noun
- /rɪˈtæliəˌtɔri ˈtærɪf/
- Literature
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arancel retaliatorio
- After the U.S. imposed higher duties, China responded with its own retaliatory tariffs on American products.
- imposing retaliatory tariffs
- threat of retaliatory tariffs
- hurt by retaliatory tariffs
So these tariffs get implemented and this triggers retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
- So these tariffs get implemented and this triggers retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
Examples
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That's how the Germans and the Japanese were forced to raise their exchange rate and cut their exports when the Nixon administration imposed unilateral and retaliatory tariffs on imports.
Blog text (24) -
States have the exclusive right to initiate complaints because they retain the ultimate sanction of imposing retaliatory tariffs on the offending state.
Academic text (2003) -
In the meantime, the retaliatory tariffs took effect in May.
Academic text (2005) -
Doing nothing may be preferable to erecting retaliatory tariffs.
Academic text (1992) -
So these tariffs get implemented and this triggers retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
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(When tariffs are in place for more than three years, the WTO allows countries whose exports are affected by the safeguards to levy retaliatory tariffs.)
Academic text (2005) -
The trade war escalated when the government announced a series of retaliatory tariffs on imported goods.
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As negotiations failed, both countries resorted to imposing retaliatory tariffs, affecting many businesses.
Antonyms
How Retaliatory
- Literature
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally straightforward: 'retaliatory' means 'done in response' and 'tariff' is an import duty, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a duty imposed in response to another country's measures. This regular adjective + noun combination follows common semantic logic and has cross-linguistic parallels, making the meaning immediately accessible.
Etymology
The noun retaliatory tariff comes from the words retaliatory, meaning 'to hit back', and tariff, meaning 'a tax on imports'. Imagine one country adding a tax to another country's goods and the second country adding a tax back, so the phrase means 'a tax set in response to another country's trade action'.