common tariff

collocation in English

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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tariff
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtær.ɪf/us
/ˈter.ɪf/
a charge or list of charges either for services or on goods entering ...
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(Definition ofcommonandtarifffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The important point is that these gaps in thecommontariffmust not stop members opening their borders to trade with each other.
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On many of these countries thecommontariffwill fall very lightly.
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Import duties in accordance with thecommontariffare payable at ports of entry.
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Now, what exactly are thepoliticalimplications of acommontariff?
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The abolition of thecommontariffassumption is fundamental to our restructuring of the industry.
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The associated countries are not required to apply thecommontariffto other countries.
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Two neighbouring domestic consumers are both entitled to acommontariff.
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The first problem with which we have had to deal has been the general level of thecommontariff.
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We are offered the opportunity to secure an internal market, with acommontariffand common economic policies, embracing some 300 million consumers, with all that that implies.
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However, it has been an expensive business and it has only been made possible of achievement because of thecommontariffwhich exists.
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To ensure equity, duties are expressed in the same units in all language versions of thecommontariff.
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I know that thecommontariffis not generally very high, but some of its individual rates are.
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Surely it is essential that in each area there should be acommontarifffor all domestic consumers.
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There is no guarantee that thecommontariffon jute goods will not be lowered in the meantime, and this will be still more serious.
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It refers to thecommontariffand what is implicit in that; and it refers to the common agricultural policy, in the broadest sense of the term.
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By imposing such acommontariff, we would be producing a regional policy at a stroke, the regional implications would be very great.
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Yet without something like this, without some sort of confederal financial arrangements, acommontariff and common subsidies are very apt to develop difficulties and to creak.
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I will not say that all the services run to acommontariff, but they run to tariffs that are broadly based and similar.
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It is probably true that, in our industrial products and manufactured goods, there may be areas where it would be quite possible to contemplate acommontariff.
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But as ant associate member, we should not have representation in the organs which decided thatcommontariff.
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