Anonymous9 days ago
The Trump administration announced proposed tariffs of 10–12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners under Section 301, citing failures to ban forced-labor goods — a move that follows the Supreme Court's February 2026 ruling striking down IEEPA-based tariffs and a subsequent Court of International Trade decision invalidating Section 122 tariffs. With retaliatory measures already targeting over $280 billion in U.S. exports, economists projecting a 0.6–0.8% GDP drag, and manufacturing employment declining by tens of thousands of jobs, the new round escalates an already contested trade war into uncharted legal and economic territory.