61. Kantor said the higher tariffs would take effect within a matter of days. 62. Lamb importers have contended that the imposition of higher tariffs would be a violation of World Trade Organization rules. 63. Laliotis said airlines are unhappy about higher tariffs at the new airport and claimed they prompted IATA to issue the warning. 64. Lamy said the key issue is whether the U.S. industry will take the necessary restructuring steps or merely use the higher tariffs to boost profits. 65. Opponents of higher tariffs, such as the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, have waged their own aggressive lobbying campaign focusing on possible job losses and soaring prices. 66. Opponents contended that the higher tariffs would impose inflationary costs on steel users in the United States and signal a further U.S. retreat behind protectionist barriers. 67. One set higher tariffs on imported refined oil products than on imported crude oil in an attempt to encourage companies to build refineries in the Philippines. 68. Prominent among the items with higher tariffs are cement and paper, two items that have experienced large inventory build ups over the course of the year. 69. Since he removed the threat of higher tariffs, administration officials acknowledge, a checkered human rights record has grown worse. 70. Surely if Egat is producing the same return at a much lower efficiency, it must be doing so via higher tariffs. |