Trump administration seeks forced-labor tariffs on 60 economies (opens in new tab)

The Trump administration has proposed additional 10% or 12.5% tariffs on imports from 59 countries and the European Union after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer found the economies failed to impose or effectively enforce bans on goods made with forced labor. The proposal uses Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and follows U.S. court rulings that struck down earlier broad tariffs imposed under emergency powers. The USTR proposed an additional 10% duty for economies that have a forced...