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The administration is aiming to rebuild its tariff wall on more durable legal foundations. Its latest measures rebuilt the baseline — and there are more to come. The next step is expected to be further country-specific duties against 16 of the largest US trading partners after a US probe into “structural excess capacity” — also under Section 301.
The new levies come after the Supreme Court struck down most of the Administration’s previous tariffs.
The Trump administration has ramped its tariff actions back up since the president's trade agenda suffered major legal setbacks earlier this year.
The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in “unjustifiable,
Trump's determination to find new legal justifications for his tariffs threatens to prolong the uncertainty facing the U.S. and global economies.
The administration launched new duties tied to countries’ imports of goods made with forced labor, replacing a 10 percent tariff immediately after it expired.
Two businesses argue that levies installed to address forced labor regulations are being used as a workaround to replace previously removed duties.
The president has replaced expiring tariffs with a host of new ones. Here is what to expect.
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.
The Trump administration will impose tariffs of up to 12.5% on goods from 60 U.S. trading partners accused of failing to crack down on forced labor, extending the administration's tariffs on much of the world.
President Trump on Friday launched a fresh round of tariffs targeting 60 trading partners, including the European Union, China and the U.K.