border tax

American  

noun

1. a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.

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Example Sentences

A new border tax will penalize imports based on their carbon footprint, but it isn’t clear how exactly that will work in this complicated supply chain, said Matthew Thoelke of Chemical Market Analytics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Another sticking point for India was the EU's carbon border tax, which aims to ensure foreign producers pay a carbon cost similar to what European companies already pay under the bloc's internal emissions trading system.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

If you don't want to pay our border tax, they say, just charge emissions fees on your polluting industries - collect the money yourselves.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

U.S. policymakers have in the past worried that previous versions of Europe’s carbon border tax would hit U.S. exports to Europe, partly because Washington and Brussels impose climate regulations very differently.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022

The plan comes a week after the European Union proposed its own carbon border tax on imports from countries with lax pollution controls.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021