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e.g. After the incident, America [X]ed the tariffs.







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4 (with object) Formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)
‘the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa’





Some headlines:




U.S. 'might' lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/freeland-carr-meet-with-future-mexican-cabinet-ministers-in-ottawa-1.1156131



Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/steel-aluminum-tariffs-usmca/index.html



Vice President Pence: US Won’t Lift Tariffs Until ‘China Changes Its Ways’
https://sputniknews.com/us/201811171069888189-pence-usa-wont-stop-tariffs-china-change/







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    Abolish: is commonly used when you refer to removing taxes, tariffs, regulations etc.






    (LAW, GOVERNMENT) to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:




    • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.




    Google Books: abolish tariffs



    Usages:




    Consider a group of countries that agree to reduce or abolish tariffs on the imports of some commodities from member countries preferentially. From:
    Macroeconomics, Trade, and Social Welfare



    Prescott Bush (father of future president George Bush), had reservations. Bush later commented: “I never was a free trader. I never felt that we could abolish tariffs and do away with all protective devices, because we would have been flooded with imports ...
    From : Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776



    Implementation of laissez-faire was sometimes thought of as if it were a one- time act: after government intervened to abolish tariffs, usury laws, and other legal restraints on economic ... From:
    The Open Society in Theory and Practice







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    Tariffs established by a legislative body are usually said to be repealed. . Nonlegislative tariffs would be revoked. But you don't always want or need to be procedurally accurate, sometimes you want to just emphasize the result. Or you simply may not know the details and don't want to trip over the wrong word.



    Rescind works well enough for either case.




    1 : to take away : REMOVE

    2a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL

    //refused to rescind the order

    b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

    3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL

    //rescind an act




    "Rescind." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2018.



    Some headlines:




    U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
    https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/US-Chemicals-Manufacturers-Welcome-USMCA-Signing.html

    In Open Letter, Trump Supporting CEO Begs Trump To Rescind Tariffs
    https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-open-letter-trump-supporting-ceo-begs-trump-to-rescind-tariffs-mr8be76zfEeqkZXn_GFaww/

    US Considering to Rescind Tariffs Based on Talks
    https://www.redpulse.com/china/20181101/us-considering-to-rescind-tariffs-based-on-talks-3ab1979e85




    My sense is that lift tends to be used to imply a link between the lifting and the acceptability of trading partners' behavior, whereas rescind can be used without implying that the rescission is due to some more favorable regard toward the relationship.






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      After the incident, America lifted the tariffs.







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      4 (with object) Formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)
      ‘the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa’





      Some headlines:




      U.S. 'might' lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed
      https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/freeland-carr-meet-with-future-mexican-cabinet-ministers-in-ottawa-1.1156131



      Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
      https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/steel-aluminum-tariffs-usmca/index.html



      Vice President Pence: US Won’t Lift Tariffs Until ‘China Changes Its Ways’
      https://sputniknews.com/us/201811171069888189-pence-usa-wont-stop-tariffs-china-change/







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        After the incident, America lifted the tariffs.







        lift




        4 (with object) Formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)
        ‘the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa’





        Some headlines:




        U.S. 'might' lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed
        https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/freeland-carr-meet-with-future-mexican-cabinet-ministers-in-ottawa-1.1156131



        Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
        https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/steel-aluminum-tariffs-usmca/index.html



        Vice President Pence: US Won’t Lift Tariffs Until ‘China Changes Its Ways’
        https://sputniknews.com/us/201811171069888189-pence-usa-wont-stop-tariffs-china-change/







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          After the incident, America lifted the tariffs.







          lift




          4 (with object) Formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)
          ‘the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa’





          Some headlines:




          U.S. 'might' lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed
          https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/freeland-carr-meet-with-future-mexican-cabinet-ministers-in-ottawa-1.1156131



          Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
          https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/steel-aluminum-tariffs-usmca/index.html



          Vice President Pence: US Won’t Lift Tariffs Until ‘China Changes Its Ways’
          https://sputniknews.com/us/201811171069888189-pence-usa-wont-stop-tariffs-china-change/







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          After the incident, America lifted the tariffs.







          lift




          4 (with object) Formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)
          ‘the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa’





          Some headlines:




          U.S. 'might' lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed
          https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/freeland-carr-meet-with-future-mexican-cabinet-ministers-in-ottawa-1.1156131



          Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
          https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/20/politics/steel-aluminum-tariffs-usmca/index.html



          Vice President Pence: US Won’t Lift Tariffs Until ‘China Changes Its Ways’
          https://sputniknews.com/us/201811171069888189-pence-usa-wont-stop-tariffs-china-change/








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              Abolish: is commonly used when you refer to removing taxes, tariffs, regulations etc.






              (LAW, GOVERNMENT) to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:




              • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.




              Google Books: abolish tariffs



              Usages:




              Consider a group of countries that agree to reduce or abolish tariffs on the imports of some commodities from member countries preferentially. From:
              Macroeconomics, Trade, and Social Welfare



              Prescott Bush (father of future president George Bush), had reservations. Bush later commented: “I never was a free trader. I never felt that we could abolish tariffs and do away with all protective devices, because we would have been flooded with imports ...
              From : Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776



              Implementation of laissez-faire was sometimes thought of as if it were a one- time act: after government intervened to abolish tariffs, usury laws, and other legal restraints on economic ... From:
              The Open Society in Theory and Practice







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              • Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
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              Abolish: is commonly used when you refer to removing taxes, tariffs, regulations etc.






              (LAW, GOVERNMENT) to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:




              • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.




              Google Books: abolish tariffs



              Usages:




              Consider a group of countries that agree to reduce or abolish tariffs on the imports of some commodities from member countries preferentially. From:
              Macroeconomics, Trade, and Social Welfare



              Prescott Bush (father of future president George Bush), had reservations. Bush later commented: “I never was a free trader. I never felt that we could abolish tariffs and do away with all protective devices, because we would have been flooded with imports ...
              From : Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776



              Implementation of laissez-faire was sometimes thought of as if it were a one- time act: after government intervened to abolish tariffs, usury laws, and other legal restraints on economic ... From:
              The Open Society in Theory and Practice







              share|improve this answer























              • Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
                – Phil Sweet
                Dec 11 at 20:38













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              up vote
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              Abolish: is commonly used when you refer to removing taxes, tariffs, regulations etc.






              (LAW, GOVERNMENT) to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:




              • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.




              Google Books: abolish tariffs



              Usages:




              Consider a group of countries that agree to reduce or abolish tariffs on the imports of some commodities from member countries preferentially. From:
              Macroeconomics, Trade, and Social Welfare



              Prescott Bush (father of future president George Bush), had reservations. Bush later commented: “I never was a free trader. I never felt that we could abolish tariffs and do away with all protective devices, because we would have been flooded with imports ...
              From : Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776



              Implementation of laissez-faire was sometimes thought of as if it were a one- time act: after government intervened to abolish tariffs, usury laws, and other legal restraints on economic ... From:
              The Open Society in Theory and Practice







              share|improve this answer














              Abolish: is commonly used when you refer to removing taxes, tariffs, regulations etc.






              (LAW, GOVERNMENT) to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:




              • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.




              Google Books: abolish tariffs



              Usages:




              Consider a group of countries that agree to reduce or abolish tariffs on the imports of some commodities from member countries preferentially. From:
              Macroeconomics, Trade, and Social Welfare



              Prescott Bush (father of future president George Bush), had reservations. Bush later commented: “I never was a free trader. I never felt that we could abolish tariffs and do away with all protective devices, because we would have been flooded with imports ...
              From : Opening America's Market: U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776



              Implementation of laissez-faire was sometimes thought of as if it were a one- time act: after government intervened to abolish tariffs, usury laws, and other legal restraints on economic ... From:
              The Open Society in Theory and Practice








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              • Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
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              • Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
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              Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
              – Phil Sweet
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              Boy, those are a couple a odd drive-bys. Have a +1.
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              Tariffs established by a legislative body are usually said to be repealed. . Nonlegislative tariffs would be revoked. But you don't always want or need to be procedurally accurate, sometimes you want to just emphasize the result. Or you simply may not know the details and don't want to trip over the wrong word.



              Rescind works well enough for either case.




              1 : to take away : REMOVE

              2a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL

              //refused to rescind the order

              b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

              3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL

              //rescind an act




              "Rescind." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2018.



              Some headlines:




              U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
              https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/US-Chemicals-Manufacturers-Welcome-USMCA-Signing.html

              In Open Letter, Trump Supporting CEO Begs Trump To Rescind Tariffs
              https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-open-letter-trump-supporting-ceo-begs-trump-to-rescind-tariffs-mr8be76zfEeqkZXn_GFaww/

              US Considering to Rescind Tariffs Based on Talks
              https://www.redpulse.com/china/20181101/us-considering-to-rescind-tariffs-based-on-talks-3ab1979e85




              My sense is that lift tends to be used to imply a link between the lifting and the acceptability of trading partners' behavior, whereas rescind can be used without implying that the rescission is due to some more favorable regard toward the relationship.






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                Tariffs established by a legislative body are usually said to be repealed. . Nonlegislative tariffs would be revoked. But you don't always want or need to be procedurally accurate, sometimes you want to just emphasize the result. Or you simply may not know the details and don't want to trip over the wrong word.



                Rescind works well enough for either case.




                1 : to take away : REMOVE

                2a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL

                //refused to rescind the order

                b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

                3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL

                //rescind an act




                "Rescind." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2018.



                Some headlines:




                U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
                https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/US-Chemicals-Manufacturers-Welcome-USMCA-Signing.html

                In Open Letter, Trump Supporting CEO Begs Trump To Rescind Tariffs
                https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-open-letter-trump-supporting-ceo-begs-trump-to-rescind-tariffs-mr8be76zfEeqkZXn_GFaww/

                US Considering to Rescind Tariffs Based on Talks
                https://www.redpulse.com/china/20181101/us-considering-to-rescind-tariffs-based-on-talks-3ab1979e85




                My sense is that lift tends to be used to imply a link between the lifting and the acceptability of trading partners' behavior, whereas rescind can be used without implying that the rescission is due to some more favorable regard toward the relationship.






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                  up vote
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                  Tariffs established by a legislative body are usually said to be repealed. . Nonlegislative tariffs would be revoked. But you don't always want or need to be procedurally accurate, sometimes you want to just emphasize the result. Or you simply may not know the details and don't want to trip over the wrong word.



                  Rescind works well enough for either case.




                  1 : to take away : REMOVE

                  2a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL

                  //refused to rescind the order

                  b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

                  3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL

                  //rescind an act




                  "Rescind." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2018.



                  Some headlines:




                  U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
                  https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/US-Chemicals-Manufacturers-Welcome-USMCA-Signing.html

                  In Open Letter, Trump Supporting CEO Begs Trump To Rescind Tariffs
                  https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-open-letter-trump-supporting-ceo-begs-trump-to-rescind-tariffs-mr8be76zfEeqkZXn_GFaww/

                  US Considering to Rescind Tariffs Based on Talks
                  https://www.redpulse.com/china/20181101/us-considering-to-rescind-tariffs-based-on-talks-3ab1979e85




                  My sense is that lift tends to be used to imply a link between the lifting and the acceptability of trading partners' behavior, whereas rescind can be used without implying that the rescission is due to some more favorable regard toward the relationship.






                  share|improve this answer












                  Tariffs established by a legislative body are usually said to be repealed. . Nonlegislative tariffs would be revoked. But you don't always want or need to be procedurally accurate, sometimes you want to just emphasize the result. Or you simply may not know the details and don't want to trip over the wrong word.



                  Rescind works well enough for either case.




                  1 : to take away : REMOVE

                  2a : TAKE BACK, CANCEL

                  //refused to rescind the order

                  b : to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract

                  3 : to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : REPEAL

                  //rescind an act




                  "Rescind." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2018.



                  Some headlines:




                  U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Welcome USMCA Signing, Urge President Trump to Rescind Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
                  https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/US-Chemicals-Manufacturers-Welcome-USMCA-Signing.html

                  In Open Letter, Trump Supporting CEO Begs Trump To Rescind Tariffs
                  https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/in-open-letter-trump-supporting-ceo-begs-trump-to-rescind-tariffs-mr8be76zfEeqkZXn_GFaww/

                  US Considering to Rescind Tariffs Based on Talks
                  https://www.redpulse.com/china/20181101/us-considering-to-rescind-tariffs-based-on-talks-3ab1979e85




                  My sense is that lift tends to be used to imply a link between the lifting and the acceptability of trading partners' behavior, whereas rescind can be used without implying that the rescission is due to some more favorable regard toward the relationship.







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