The import duties, which will affect 60 economies and take effect on Friday, represent President Donald Trump’s latest effort to impose alternative tariffs on goods coming into the U.S. after the Supreme Court earlier this year struck down most of those he had put in place.
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The U.S. Tariff Act of 1930 prohibits importing goods whose production involved forced labor. Trump imposed the tariffs under Section 301 of the law, which allows for sanctions on countries that have engaged in trade practices that are “unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts United States commerce.”
Officials from a number of the impacted nations objected to the stated rationale for the tariffs, expressing a mix of disappointment, anger, and confusion.
“The US investigation did not provide meaningful evidence to support claims in relation to forced labour,” Luxon wrote on X. “Tariffs are not the way - they drive up costs and uncertainty for businesses.”
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara also protested the tariffs.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its stance that it “opposes all forms of unilateral tariffs.”
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said "We are firmly opposed to the United States's unilateral use of customs duties against Norway and other countries.”
"Lacking a legal basis under domestic law to support its protectionist trade policy, the U.S. Trade Representative chose to manipulate an issue of great importance to human rights and workers' rights movement," the Brazilian government said in a statement.
However, imports will be taxed at a slightly lower 10% rate for a group of 17 economies that the USTR in its fact sheet described as having “made commitments to adopt, and effectively enforce, forced labor import prohibitions.” Within that group of countries are Canada, India, Mexico, and the U.K., among others.
Canadian Minister of Internal Trade Dominic LeBlanc, whose country Trump also hit with a separate 50% tariff hike earlier in the week, said the tariffs were “not unexpected,” since they came just as a 10% global tariff Trump previously imposed expired.
He went on to stress, though, that “Canada has one of the world’s most robust frameworks to prevent and address forced labour, backed by strong legislative and enforcement measures.”
"One replaces the other, so tariff treatment is maintained,” Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on social media.
"For Europe, it ought not to change much because we have the Turnberry agreement which should be respected by Donald Trump,” Moulin said.
The British government also said that the new tariffs would have "no negative change" on its export economy.
Other countries receiving the 10% tariff such as Malaysia, Cambodia, and Bangladesh stated that they were relieved or even pleased by the rate.
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