Retaliatory action was limited by there being no formal declaration of war by either side.

That's why the players are already threatening retaliatory action.

The prime minster held back from announcing an escalation of retaliatory action after a meeting of the national security council yesterday.

The policy can also trigger retaliatory action by other countries which in turn can lead to a general decline in international trade, harming all countries.

One retaliatory action against the strike was the eviction of picketers and their families from plantation housing.

A retaliatory strike could not, under international law, include force and must be deemed 'proportionate' to be legal, he said.

But any retaliatory strike cannot legally include force and must be 'proportionate' to remain legal, he added.

The following afternoon the enemy lost over 50 planes in a retaliatory strike against the retiring ships.

The court decided, with some judges dissenting, that, if a threatened retaliatory strike was consistent with military necessity and proportionality, it would not necessarily be illegal.

Under fail-deadly nuclear deterrence, policies and procedures controlling the retaliatory strike authorize launch even if the existing command and control structure has already been neutralized by a first strike.

A good part of the manufacturing sector's decline was due to a fall in exports, a consequence of retaliatory tariffs and disruption of overseas supply chains.

The focus now switches to a two-pronged response based on retaliatory tariffs and legal action.

As for retaliatory tariffs, they will hardly be noticeable in our $18 trillion economy.

Retaliatory tariffs are due to take effect tomorrow.

The trade ministry said that the retaliatory tariffs will raise about $533 million.