US says it plans extra tariffs of 10% or more for most trading partners after forced labor probe
The proposal follows a Section 301 probe that found 60 trading partners failed to curb forced-labor imports, with hearings set for July 7.
- The Trump administration has proposed imposing additional tariffs of 10% or more on dozens of major trading partners following a federal investigation into imports produced with forced labor.
- The comprehensive probe conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 concluded that 60 investigated nations failed to properly enforce prohibitions against importing forced-labor goods.
- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative recommended a tiered penalty system, placing a 10% levy on nations like Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, alongside a higher 12.5% penalty on China, Japan, India, South Korea, Brazil, and Switzerland.
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer defended the sweeping economic measures by declaring that the inaction of international trading partners creates an unlevel global playing field that unfairly burdens American commerce and workers.
- The proposed duties will not take effect immediately, as they must first clear a mandatory regulatory period of public reviews and open panel hearings scheduled to begin on July 7.
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Trump Administration Invokes Human Rights in Latest Bid to Restore 'Liberation Day' Tariffs
The Trump administration is charting a course to restore its signature "Liberation Day" tariffs by invoking human rights, specifically concerns over the use of forced labor, to impose new duties. This week, the U.S. Trade Representative proposed a new baseline tariff of 10% on at least 60 countries that were deemed to be failing in their duties to prohibit importing goods that were produced with forced labor. Those 60 countries are the source o…
The Trump administration is planning new tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners. Allegations of insufficient prohibitions against forced labour are triggered. Resistance is growing in Brussels. An analysis.
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President proposes new set of import taxes
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has proposed tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries after determining they failed to limit trade in goods made with forced labor.
US proposes forced-labor tariffs on 60 economies, with Brazil and China facing 12.5%
The US government proposed tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 economies —59 countries and the 27-nation European Union— for failing to ban or effectively enforce the prohibition on imports of goods made with forced labor. The measure, announced Tuesday night by Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, relies on Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act and is the White House's most ambitious step yet to rebuild its tariff policy.
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