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The article discusses whether there should be a change in tariff regarding the US flower import. As it is the tariff on Colombian flower imports is 8% but the US government is considering tariff free trade with Bogota, which would be less fortunate for the Colombian flower suppliers.

Mexico has suspended the last of the retaliatory tariffs it had imposed more than two years ago on an array of U.S. products such as apples, certain pork products, and personal care goods. The tariffs were imposed as a result of a cross-border trucking dispute between our two countries.

This article talks about how the self-developed protectionism (with a combination of tariffs and legislation in favor of domestic supply) of the brazilian economy is threatening its economy.

"According to the National Carmakers' Association, poor infrastructure and pricey credit and labour mean that making cars is 60% more expensive in Brazil than in China. Local manufacturers have long relied on high tariffs." I understand why Brazil wants to protect their car industry, however shouldn't it be time to look at why there is such high foreign competition, maybe if they would use the revenue the government earns from the tariffs, they could implement training programs or educational programs to increase workers productivity and therefore in the long run decrease the prices consumers have to pay.

Russia cut down its tariffs for transportation exceeding 1100 km by half to lower the cost of hauling grain to its farmers in the country's interior to sell their crops.

This article talks about how China is complaining for the protectionist measures being taken by the US government about the solar panels trade between those countries, by imposing a tariff on the imports of solar panels to the USA.

The U.S. accuses China of dumping solar panels into the United States on very low cost due to government subsidies. Therefore the seek for tariffs of more than 100% of the whole sale price of the solar panels that come from China.

This article discusses a tariff that the Bush administration in the US imposed on Roquefort cheese in retaliation to the ban on hormone-fed beef. The tariff is 300% which does not ban it however it puts such an increased cost on it that it practically prevents farmers in Roquefort from exporting it to the US.

This articles describes the strained relationship between the United States and Mexico because of their respective protectionist policies. There is talk of both countries decreasing or completely removing these policies to allow for better trade within each country. This would decrease domestic trade and increase exportation between countries. Unemployment would decrease due to the increased trade between countries.

BRazilian Beef giant JBS has been allowed massive growth because of low tariffs in and out of BRazil to countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands. Yet, its Fresh Beef has yet to see the outside of Brazil because of many developed nations high health standards. Maybe if JBS can overcome these standards its growth will continue.

China is intervening in currency markets to make its own currency cheaper, which allows for chinese goods to be less expensive then in the USA. The U.S. Senate is seeking an official investigation into this and if it concludes that China is keeping its currency artificially low then retaliatory tariffs will be set in place.

A pioneering project to provide 22,000 tenants of social housing schemes with solar panels generating free electricity is in jeopardy.

Due to the tariff stablished on the electricity, most manufacturing companies will have to increase the prices of it´s products as a result of having to pay more for the electricity needed, leading to inflation.

This article explains how, without tariffs on imports, many Japanese farmers would be swept away by the cold winds of global competition.