Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as stopgap 10% levies expire Friday

By — Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Paul Wiseman, Associated Press By — Mae Anderson, Associated Press Mae Anderson, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-imposes-double-digit-tariffs-on-dozens-of-countries-as-stopgap-10-levies-expire-friday Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as stopgap 10% levies expire Friday Politics Jul 23, 2026 7:04 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court. The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor. "The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it's well past time for our trading partners to do the same," said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. "Today's action will begin to correct what is both a human rights abuse and distortive trade practice to improve the welfare of workers everywhere. WATCH: U.S. trade chief Jamieson Greer testifies on Trump's agenda after latest tariffs The new tariffs will take effect just as temporary 10% worldwide tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs in February. Educate your inbox Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Now he's tapping more durable tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which permits the president to impose import taxes and other sanctions against countries found to engage in "unjustifiable," "unreasonable" or "discriminatory" trade practices. Trump used Section 301 to impose big tariffs on China in his first term, and they survived court challenges. More Section 301 tariffs are likely coming: The U.S. Trade Representative's office has launched a probe into whether 16 countries — accounting for 70% of U.S. imports — have overproduced goods, pushing down prices and putting U.S. companies at a disadvantage in global markets. The administration has yet to complete that investigation. Trump, who argues that high tariffs will revive American manufacturing, last year overturned decades of U.S. policy that favored lower tariffs and ever-freer trade. Invoking the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), he imposed double-digit tariffs on imports from almost every country on Earth, saying America's longstanding trade deficit amounted to a national emergency. But the Supreme Court ruled that IEEPA did not authorize tariffs. The decision forced the administration to pay refunds to importers that had paid the tariffs. READ MORE