In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that curtailed his broader trade authority, President Trump is redirecting American tariff policy through a more legally seasoned statute, imposing duties of 10 to 12.5 percent on 60 nations that together supply nearly all U.S. imports — framing the measure as a reckoning with the global persistence of forced labor. The move arrives at a moment when roughly 27.6 million people worldwide are estimated to be living under conditions of coercion, and when the architecture of post-war free trade is being deliberately dismantled in favor of a more transactional,
Trump Rolls Out Double-Digit Tariffs on 60 Countries as Stopgap Levies Expire
Global forced labor affects approximately 27.6 million people daily according to ILO statistics, with tariffs intended to pressure countries into stronger enforcement mechanisms.