Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as 10% levies set to expire Friday
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House on Thursday, July 23, in Washington. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10 percent worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. Trump used Section 301 to impose big tariffs on China in his first term, and they survived court challenges.More Section 301 tariffs are likely coming: The U.S.
- ▪President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House on Thursday, July 23, in Washington.
- ▪Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10 percent worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m.
- ▪Trump used Section 301 to impose big tariffs on China in his first term, and they survived court challenges.More Section 301 tariffs are likely coming: The U.S.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House on Thursday, July 23, in Washington. UPI-Yonhap WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court.The United States will slap taxes of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 trading partners accounting for 99 percent of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.“The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it’s well past time for our trading partners to do the same,” said U.S.
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