See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy LEWIS PENNOCK Published: 23:24 BST, 23 July 2026 | Updated: 01:13 BST, 24 July 2026
Donald Trump will slap Britain with a new 10 per cent tariff on Friday.The US President will press ahead with duties on 60 trading partners, including the UK, over concerns about forced labour.The tariffs replace an expiring global duty rolled out by Mr Trump earlier this year.They range from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent and affect major economies like China, India and the European Union.US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said: 'The United States has had a forced labour import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it. It's well past time for our trading partners to do the same.'The Trump administration has moved swiftly to rebuild the President's tariff wall after the Supreme Court struck down a host of his duties in February – dealing a blow to his ability to unleash steep levies at will.After the legal setback, Mr Trump tapped different authorities to reimpose a 10 per cent tariff on imports. But this only lasts 150 days, expiring on Friday.The volley of new duties, initially proposed in June, will now take its place. President Donald Trump pictured announcing his initial round of tariffs at the White House in April 2025The investigation into forced labour is seen as an attempt to find another legal mechanism to enforce tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down his initial levies. The new measures were proposed after a months-long investigation and are considered more resistant to legal challenges than earlier moves.Under Thursday's announcement, economies that have implemented a forced labour prohibition are hit with the lower 10 per cent rate. They include Canada, the EU and the UK.Others were deemed to deserve harsher levies, receiving the higher 12.5 per cent tariff, a US official said. Trading partners like China and Japan are covered in this group.Goods already facing Mr Trump's sector-specific tariffs – like steel and aluminum – will not be affected.Goods entering under the US-Mexico-Canada free trade pact will also be exempt, a US official told reporters.Washington is separately investigating 16 economies over excess industrial capacity, in probes that could lead to additional duties.These could result in different rates among countries eventually, as Mr Trump had done before his legal setback.The latest salvo comes shortly after a separate 25-per-cent tariff took effect on various Brazilian goods, with Washington accusing the Latin American giant of unfair trade practices after a yearlong investigation.This week, Mr Trump also ordered new 50-per-cent tariffs on many Canadian products, citing Ottawa's 'discriminatory treatment' against American alcohol, automobile and dairy products.
