US proposes tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on goods from 60 economies over forced labor failures - Regulations - The Jakarta Post

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The trade agency said it would impose additional duties of 12.5 percent on the remaining 45 countries that it investigated.

This illustration photo shows a shopping cart at a store in Annapolis, Maryland, US, on April 4, 2025. (AFP/Jim Watson)

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed imposing additional duties of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies after determining their failures to curb trade in goods made with forced labor are unreasonable and restrict US commerce.The proposal from the US Trade Representative's office is the latest finding from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation to be released as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its emergency tariffs, which were struck down by a US Supreme Court decision in February.

The USTR said it determined that it would impose 10 percent duties related to the forced labor investigation on imports from Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Britain.