US plans new tariffs on dozens of countries including UK, citing forced labour concerns

The US has announced caller tariffs connected dozens of countries of 10-12.5% implicit concerns they are not doing capable to tackle forced labour.

It is the 2nd clip President Donald Trump's medication has announced caller import taxes since the US Supreme Court struck down galore of his erstwhile duties successful February.

The 60 trading partners listed – including the UK, the EU, Canada, India and Japan – relationship for astir each of the goods sold to the US.

The US Trade Department said these countries volition look the tariffs due to the fact that of their nonaccomplishment to code the importing of goods made with forced labour. Critics accidental Trump's tariff argumentation has caused terms rises successful the US and elsewhere.

The US government's stance is that trading with countries which bargain things made with forced labour is unfair connected the US.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said it "creates a dynamic wherever American workers are forced to vie globally connected an unlevel playing field".

Following its investigation, the US Trade Department said connected Tuesday each 60 countries had "failed some to enforce a ineligible prohibition connected the importation of goods produced wholly oregon successful portion with forced labour (forced labour goods) and to efficaciously enforce specified a prohibition".

The Trump medication has not announced caller tariffs since February erstwhile the Supreme Court ruled the alleged 'Liberation Day' tariffs imposed by Trump connected a slew of countries astir the satellite successful April 2025 were unlawful.

Trump called the ruling "terrible" and said the justices who rejected his commercialized argumentation were "fools".

Immediately aft the ruling, Trump announced a 10% impermanent planetary tariff but aboriginal said it would beryllium 15%.

However, the work came successful astatine 10%, and it has not been increased. Trump and different officials person said volition beryllium raised to 15%.

The measurement is owed to expire successful July, unless extended by Congress.