The US slapped tariffs on 60 countries for tolerating forced labor
Washington decided that almost the entire planet is cutting corners on labor rights, so everyone gets a fresh tariff now.
Washington just slapped 10% to 12.5% duties on 60 countries at once. The roster covers practically the entire global economy: the EU, the UK, Japan, Canada, India, and China. Even Russia caught a 12.5% rate.
The official justification is something else: Washington claims these trade partners failed to take sufficient action against forced labor, creating distorted competition. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer pitched the new levy as a moral stand to boost worker welfare worldwide.
Lumping London, Tokyo, and Beijing into the exact same human rights penalty box over routine commercial friction takes serious administrative swagger.
Global trade suddenly looks less like multilateral diplomacy and more like detention after class for sixty countries simultaneously.
Source: BBC
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