{"id":3081,"date":"2026-07-27T16:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:34:32","slug":"a-forced-labor-crackdown-or-an-end-run-around-congress-dissecting-trumps-new-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3081","title":{"rendered":"A forced-labor crackdown or an end-run around Congress? Dissecting Trump\u2019s new tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration has imposed double-digit tariffs on more than 60 countries, using a legal justification that permits the president to levy import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in \u201cunjustifiable,\u201d \u201cunreasonable\u201d or \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d trade practices.<\/p>\n

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The new tariffs announced in recent days take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expired, and critics say they are less about cracking down on forced labor than they are a way to replace those tariffs. The expired tariffs were themselves a temporary replacement for worldwide tariffs the Supreme Court struck down in February.<\/p>\n

The tariffs were levied on countries that the U.S. says either don\u2019t have or don\u2019t effectively enforce a forced-labor import ban. The affected countries, which account for 99% of U.S. imports, were quick to protest, calling the Trump administration\u2019s claims unfounded and arbitrary, as nations with vastly different records on forced labor received the same tariff level. The U.S. spent four months investigating but gave few details on how it arrived at the tariff rates, which are either 10% or 12.5%.<\/p>\n