Forced labour or leverage: What Trump’s new tariffs are really about
The duties cover more than 99% of U.S. imports and range from 10% to 12.5%, the United States Trade Representative said.
- On Friday, the United States Trade Representative implemented new tariffs on 60 economies, covering more than 99% of U.S. imports and citing failures to prohibit goods produced with forced labor.
- The administration introduced these tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, pivoting from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 after courts limited prior emergency-law authority.
- Rates of 10% or 12.5% apply to most nations, while exemptions cover steel, automobiles, and goods under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement; the new duties replace a temporary 10% global tariff.
- International partners criticized the move, with Brazil calling the tariffs "unjustified" and Australia labeling them "absurd," while European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas defended the bloc's labor laws.
- Trade expert Alan Wolff argues the change in rationale will not materially reduce forced labor, while Brussels plans to introduce stricter import bans in December 2027.
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