WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court.
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.
The new tariffs will take effect just as . Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court .
Now he’s tapping more durable tariffs under , which permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in 鈥渦njustifiable,鈥� 鈥渦nreasonable鈥� or 鈥渄iscriminatory鈥� trade practices. Trump used Section 301 to impose big tariffs on China in his first term, and they survived court challenges.
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