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• EU to ‘respond firmly’ if actions violate existing pact
WASHINGTON: The United States announced new investigations on Wednesday into what it considers unfair trade practices by dozens of countries, opening the door to potential penalties such as new tariffs as President Donald Trump seeks to replace duties struck down by the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration is launching separate probes under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, one centred on industrial overproduction and another on the import of goods made with forced labour, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters.
