The US government has proposed 10% to 12.5% tariffs on 60 trading partners, citing failure to combat goods made with forced labor.This action uses Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to bypass previous Supreme Court rulings that blocked earlier tariff efforts.Officials including Donald Trump and Jamieson Greer aim to protect American workers and recover revenue through these new levies.Major trading partners like the
EU and
China have officially contested the legitimacy of these proposed trade measures.