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語源

From counter- +‎ tariff.

名詞

countertariff (plural countertariffs)

1. A tariff created in retaliation to another tariff.
   • 1936 January 29, Congressional Record January 03-29, 1936: Vol 80 Iss 1-75‎:

     But if this were not true, the bitterness and animosity generated throughout the world toward our people by the Tariff Act of 1929 has produced countertariff walls in every direction to accomplish the same thing.

   • 1973, Price, Arnold Hereward, The Evolution of the Zollverein‎:

     Although Hildburghausen had asked for "a common or at least a uniformly organized countertariff", Bülow in his answer to Saxe-Hildburghausen gave a precise analysis of the advantages Prussia would receive if the enclaves should join her customs system.

   • 1989, Yohe, Gary Wynn, Study Guide to Accompany Samuelson-Nordhaus Economics‎:

     […] foreign earnings of American dollars are reduced by this tariff to the point that other nations can no longer buy the agricultural goods, regardless of the imposition or nonimposition of a countertariff.

   • 2017 December 1, Umair Mirza, Foreign Affairs, December 2017 (Special Issue)‎:

     Within days, Xi announced that China was taking the United States to the World Trade Organization over the import tariff (a case he felt certain China would win) and imposed a 45 percent countertariff on U.S. imports.

   • 2025 January 15, Abhishek Gupta, “Higher Tariffs Ahead? Who’s Most at Risk”, in MSCI‎:

     Just under 40% of global corporate revenue is earned in international markets, with 18% possibly at risk from proposed U.S. tariffs and potential countertariffs.

   • 2025 March 4, Eli J. Ridder, “Canada’s premiers taking ‘decisive action’ to eliminate internal trade barriers, Smith says”, in CHAT News Today‎:

     Smith, speaking during a town hall in Medicine Hat Tuesday, said step one for the premiers was to agree to the federal government’s staggered countertariff plan targeting exports to the U.S. that Canada can easily get elsewhere.

動詞

countertariff (third-person singular simple present countertariffs, present participle countertariffing, simple past and past participle countertariffed)

1. To impose a countertariff.
   • 2025 January 31, Josh Wingrove, Enda Curran and Maya Averbuch, “Trump barrels toward tariff showdown with top trade partners”, in The Spokesman-Review‎:

     Canada plans to quickly countertariff high-profile items such as coffee from Louisiana and bourbon from Kentucky, similar to how it responded in 2018 when Trump taxed steel and aluminum imports.