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Small businesses sue Trump over forced labor tariffs

Two US small businesses filed a lawsuit Friday challenging Trump's new tariffs on 60 countries, claiming they lack legal justification without country-specific findings about unfair trade practices. The tariffs, ranging from 10% to 12.5%, were imposed under the stated justification of addressing forced labor.

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Tariffs are Taxes, Trump, and the EU doesn't use slave labor

stream:bsky-jetstreamother67d ago kagi ↗

Free Article Link: paidprotester.substack.com/p/tariffs-ar... Trump is at it again to steal more of your money with unnecessary new tariffs. This time, the excuse is forced labor, which hasn't been proved in countries being tariffed, except China. #Trump #tariffs #forcedlabor #slavelabor A new set of tariffs imposed over forced labor.

US small businesses file lawsuit challenging Trump's new 'forced labor' tariffs

stream:bsky-jetstreamother66d ago kagi ↗

The lawsuit claims the new tariffs require more detailed country-specific findings about unfair trade practices to be legally justified. The tariffs of 10% to 12.5% were imposed after courts blocked earlier Trump tariff programs under different legal authorities ground.news/article/us-s... Two small businesses filed a lawsuit accusing U.S. officials of unlawfully using Section 301 of the Trade Act