US Trade Representative Greer confirms 15% tariff caps on EU and Japanese imports hold despite new forced-labor duties targeting 60 economies.

The potential levies of either 10% or 12.5% would apply to 60 trading partners, although the proposal listed several product exemptions.

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 president's trade adviser also recommended a 12.5 percent duty for dozens of other countries. The tariff rates are not yet final.

The U.S. Trade Representative has announced the Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10% or more for dozens of major trading partners following a probe into alleged forced…

US proposes 10% tariffs on imports due to forced labor concerns, seeking to rebuild Trump's tariff agenda amid trade tensions.

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

The move comes months after Washington launched investigations into 60 economies, including China, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the Philippines.

The EU and UK are among the economies targeted by a new US tariff proposal linked to forced labour imports, potentially reopening trade tensions just weeks after Brussels reached…

The US Trade Representative on Tuesday proposed new duties targeting 60 economies for alleged failures to act against forced labor, as the Trump

The development came at a time when Washington and New Delhi are holding talks to finalise a bilateral trade agreement.

The US claims the countries failure to address forced labour concerns places restrictions on US trade

A new wave of Trump tariffs could unsettle US trade partners which have already signed new trade deals or have been negotiating them for months.

A new wave of Trump tariffs could unsettle US trade partners which have already signed new trade deals or have been negotiating them for months.

The investigation was conducted under the Trade Act of 1974. The strategy would enable Trump to skirt limits on his tariffs imposed by the Supreme Court.

Washington, June 2 (Jiji Press)--The U.S. government released Tuesday a proposal to impose additional tariffs of 10-12.5 pct on 60 economies, including Japan, claiming they have…

Proposal for 10-12.5% levies, to also include EU, Taiwan, Canada and Australia, would allow US president to skirt court-imposed limits

The Trump administration has brought up a proposal for new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners after it said it determined...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative found all 60 economies failed to ban goods made with forced labor, proposing duties of 10% or 12.5%

米通商代表部(USTR)は2日、強制労働で製造された製品の輸入禁止措置が不十分だとして、日本を含む60カ国・地域からの輸入品に10~12.5%の関税を課す案を発表した。関税の発動時期は示していない。…

The proposed import duties of up to 12.5% would apply to nearly 60 U.S. trade partners, the latest effort to rebuild Trump’s tariff regime.