31.   One trader, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the tax made it cheaper to trade on the New York stock exchange rather than in Brazil.

32.   Taxes on beer make it a much more expensive drink in Thailand than other domestic liquor.

33.   They also maintain that high French taxes make them less competitive.

34.   Traders say the tax has made their commodities more expensive and driven away customers.

35.   While gold smuggling is losing luster elsewhere in Asia, experts say high import taxes make it lucrative in South Korea.

36.   Their products are enormously popular in Japan but import taxes make them prohibitively expensive.

37.   Too large a tax would make teams reluctant to bid on free agents, something players would never agree on.