Trump reimposes tariffs on 60 countries using forced-labor law
“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. The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs in February.
- ▪“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.
- ▪The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m.
- ▪Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs in February.
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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.Recommended Video The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners accounting for 99% 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. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
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