The Trump administration has proposed imposing additional duties of 10 per cent or 12.5 per cent on imports from 60 economies after determining their failures to curb trade in goods made with forced labour are unreasonable and restrict US commerce.
The proposal from the US Trade Representative's office on Tuesday is the latest finding from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation to be released as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its emergency tariffs, which were struck down by a US Supreme Court decision in February.
The USTR said it determined that it would impose 10 per cent duties related to the forced labour investigation on imports from Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Britain.
