Trump Administration Proposes New Tariffs Of At Least 10% After Forced Labor Probe Into 60 Countries

BreakingBusinessTrump Administration Proposes New Tariffs Of At Least 10% After Forced Labor Probe Into 60 CountriesBySiladitya Ray,Forbes Staff. Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter.Follow AuthorJun 03, 2026, 06:26am EDTJun 03, 2026, 06:26am EDTToplineThe Office of the U.S. Trade Representative proposed new additional tariffs of at least 10% on 60 trading partners after an investigation into the handling and imports of goods allegedly made using forced labor, in the Trump administration’s latest bid to raise tariff rates after the president’s earlier “reciprocal tariffs” were struck down the Supreme Court.The USTR announced additional new tariffs of at least 10% on 60 trading partners, alleging failure to address imports of goods made using forced labor.Getty ImagesKey FactsIn a notice issued late on Tuesday, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said its probe had found “acts, policies, and practices” in 60 economies that failed to enforce a prohibition on imports of goods produced using forced labor. President Donald Trump’s top trade envoy, Jamieson Greer, said the failure to address this issue by key trading partners was “unacceptable” and forces U.S. workers to compete in an “unlevel playing field.”Examples of goods forced labor goods cited in the USTR’s report include rice imported from Myanmar, cotton from China’s Xinjiang region and tobacco from Malawi.The proposal calls for 10% additional duties on trading partners like the EU, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, the U.K., Indonesia and others that have implemented a “partial regime” to tackle imports of goods made using forced labor.For all other countries—like China, India, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Brazil—the trade representative proposed an additional tariff of 12.5%. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow....