He has discriminated against British goods with punitive tariffs.
He described the prospect of punitive tariffs as sad.
More than $1 billion in Chinese products may face punitive tariffs.
Mass market retailers are not about to say how they would respond to the imposition of steep punitive tariffs.
The action could mean the end of punitive tariffs on $84 million worth of Japanese imports.
Administration officials reject the idea of punitive tariffs as too heavy-handed.
There was no punitive tariff placed on toys, for example, so that American retailers would not be harmed.
If Washington isn't satisfied with the results, the law threatens punitive tariffs on imports from the targeted countries.
The costs are quite considerable in any case, if you think of the punitive tariffs that have been imposed.
If there were punitive tariffs, American businesses would have to pay.