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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border tax

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

He aimed the measures - a kind of border tax - at China, Mexico and Canada, America's top three trade partners.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

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

In theory, a carbon border tax could help prevent that undercutting.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021