The
Hill - President Trump will
impose double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor
violations, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The
action will cover 99.4 percent of U.S. imports and apply to Washington’s top
trading partners, according to a fact sheet released by his office.
The tariffs are being brought
under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which Trump has been using to
implement tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled against his “liberation day”
tariffs earlier this year. The new levies, which go into effect at midnight
Friday, will replace tariffs that Trump imposed under Section 122 of the trade
law earlier this year following that decision as they were set to expire…
Ten percent tariffs will be
implemented on countries that have made commitments to adopt and enforce forced
labor import prohibitions, while countries that have not enacted a forced labor
import prohibition will be hit with a 12.5 percent tariff.
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