Question

A similarity between tariffs and sanctions is that both are sometimes used to

Answer 1

They are both to collect tolls in the road.

Answer 2

A similarity between tariffs and sanctions is that both are sometimes used to punish other countries or destabilize their economy.

Tariffs are sometimes included in sanction as well. If an individual state had a clash with any other state, she often imposes high tariffs on products of opponent and if the clash are severe, she imposes sanctions to destabilize the economy of opponent as a form of punishment.