pre-existing

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Those illegal practices include the “misappropriation of confidential information in breach of a pre-existing duty of trust and confidence to the source of the information.”

From Barron's

The EU executive told senior diplomats if imports face a blanket 10-percent levy, pre-existing duties mean some products could end up being taxed at a higher rate than the trade deal's 15 percent.

From Barron's

But Yoon also tapped into pre-existing anxieties and grievances, especially among young men, activating a latent undercurrent of discontent and driving it to the surface.

From BBC

Actual duties imposed on Mexican goods have been much lower than those imposed on other countries, largely because many goods from there enter the U.S. duty free under a pre-existing trade agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using satellite data and information on the pre-existing tapanuli orangutan population, experts have calculated nearly 60 animals may have been killed in what they called an "extinction-level event" for the species.

From Barron's