11.   The United States has slapped tariffs on foreign steel claiming that some countries are dumping government subsidized steel in this country.

12.   This probably was due almost entirely to the U.S. threat to slap massive tariffs on Japanese luxury cars.

13.   Under pressure from the beleaguered domestic steel industry, the administration is considering slapping tariffs on cheap foreign steel imports flooding the United States.

14.   Washington has reacted by slapping tariffs on some luxury goods and banning others.

15.   Yet it is President Bush who is considering the ill-advised move of slapping tariffs on steel imports, one that his Democratic predecessor responsibly resisted.

16.   Yet, to its dismay, South Africa, its single biggest market for textiles, two years ago slapped heavy tariffs on imports of almost all Zimbabwean textiles.

17.   Bush and Blair had a particularly sharp disagreement this week when Bush slapped stiff tariffs on steel imported from many countries.

18.   But trade became an irritant in trans-Atlantic relations in March when Bush slapped tariffs on imported steel.

19.   In its complaint, Infineon asked the EU Commission to slap penalty tariffs on South Korean memory chips.

20.   In March, leading U.S. allies and trade partners warned of retaliation after the Bush administration slapped punitive tariffs on steel imports.