anti-subsidy

adjective

an·ti-sub·si·dy

ˌan-tē-ˈsəb-sə-dē,

-zə-,

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antisubsidy

: opposing or restricting government subsidies

Europeans were not about to negotiate if the United States simultaneously began enforcing a tough antisubsidy statute.—

I. M. Destler

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The rules allow for both sides to subsidize and both sides to reciprocate with anti-subsidy tariffs, as inefficient an outcome as that may seem. —

Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2020 Germany has criticized the EU’s decision to increase tariffs following the anti-subsidy probe (primarily backed by France). —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Asia, 24 June 2024 The decision follows an anti-subsidy probe launched last October. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 20 June 2024 The regulator, which oversees trade policy for the 27-member government body, can impose provision anti-subsidy tariffs nine months after the probe begins. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 10 June 2024 The European Union is also considering additional tariffs on Chinese EVs, as part of an anti-subsidy probe launched last October. —

Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 24 May 2024 That leaves Brussels bending its antisubsidy laws to the breaking point to become new tax laws. —

The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2017 Antidumping and antisubsidy duties on Mexican sugar that are currently suspended will be brought back, the Commerce Department said in a statement late Monday. —

Julie Wernau and William Mauldin, WSJ, 2 May 2017