tariff act

基本解釋

Mr Irwin reckons that the Tariff Act raised duties by 20%; deflation accounted for half as much again.
厄文估計關(guān)稅法案使得關(guān)稅升高了20%；其中通縮的因素占了一半。
In the end, the court ruled that a tomato is a vegetable when referring to the Tariff Act, but is botanically a fruit.
最終，法院判決根據(jù)稅法，番茄是一種蔬菜，而從植物學角度來說，它是一種水果。
In 1930, many foresaw the disastrous consequences of the Smoot-Hawley tariff act, which increased nearly 900 American import duties.
1930年，許多人都預(yù)見了司莫特-郝利關(guān)稅法--增加近900項進口關(guān)稅，將帶來的毀滅性后果。

The Depression was triggered by the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1929--30, which imposed enormous taxes on hundreds of imports.
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