MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Wednesday, July 22nd 2026 - 07:18 UTC
The proposal, put forward by Greer's office in June following an investigation launched in March, contemplates two tiers
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said his government will announce new tariffs on some 60 economies in the coming days for failing to enforce bans on the import of goods produced with forced labor. “The US has laws to prohibit trading goods with forced labor. Other countries, most of them, don't have a law, and those that do really don't enforce it,” he said on Tuesday in an interview with CNBC.
The levies would be applied under Section 301 of the 1974 trade law and are intended to replace the temporary 10% global tariff that President Donald Trump imposed in February, invoking Section 122, after the Supreme Court struck down his “reciprocal” tariffs on the grounds that he had exceeded his powers. That temporary levy expires on Friday unless Congress extends it, which is not considered likely. Unlike the invalidated route, Section 301 sets no rate caps or expiration dates.
