Nigeria and 59 other economies face a new 12.5% US tariff threat over alleged failure to ban forced labour goods, potentially raising duties to 27.5%.

USTR has proposed a 10% duty rate for economies that have adopted a full or partial prohibition on forced labor trade, and 12.5% for all other economies.

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