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US imposes new tariffs: How Trump plans to maintain his tariff wall

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US imposes new tariffs: How Trump plans to maintain his tariff wall
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Such tariffs are time-limited, however, and Trump’s expire on July 24.As the deadline approaches, the Trump administration has indicated that it plans to use Section 301 of the same act to replace those tariffs with more durable and roughly equivalent ones based on accusations concerning forced labour. The report does not attempt to say whether specific nations are actually importing goods made with forced labour, nor does it look at whether products are being made in those countries using forced labour. Rather, the USTR assessed whether a country has a formal ban in place on goods imported using forced labour and if it is enforcing a prohibition or otherwise attempting to block such imports.

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Canonical URLhttps://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-imposes-new-tariffs-how-trump-plans-to-maintain-his-tariff-wall
Publication timeFri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0800
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US imposes new tariffs: How Trump plans to maintain his tariff wallSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxWashington is set to impose new tariffs on 60 trading partners over forced labour concerns, replacing an expiring global duty introduced earlier in 2026. PHOTO: REUTERSPublished Jul 24, 2026, 10:00 AMUpdated Jul 24, 2026, 10:00 AMSet as preferred sourceWASHINGTON – From the start of his second term, US President Donald Trump made clear he would put tariffs at the centre of US economic policy.When the Supreme Court invalidated sweeping import duties he had imposed citing emergency powers, he used a different provision, Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, to set a flat 10 per cent levy on imports.

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