US imposes 10-12.5% tariffs on 60 countries over forced labour concerns

Forced labour affects workers in supply chains globally, with particular concerns raised about Muslim ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region.

In an era when global supply chains stretch invisibly across continents, the Trump administration has turned the moral weight of forced labour into a tariff instrument, targeting 60 nations — nearly every country that ships goods to American shores. The duties, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, arrive not merely as economic measures but as a statement about the terms on which the United States is willing to participate in world trade, following a Supreme Court ruling that dismantled the administration's previous tariff architecture. Affected nations from the UK to China dispute the premise, while hum

US imposes 10-12.5% tariffs on 60 countries over forced labour concerns

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