Nigeria is among 60 economies facing a new 27.5% US tariff due to alleged failures in enforcing bans on goods produced with forced labour. Learn more about

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.