Trump plans new tariffs on 60 trade partners as global duties expire

The Trump administration said it will impose new tariffs on 60 trade partners starting just after midnight Friday, as a temporary global duty program expires. Officials said the new rates will range from 10% to 12.5% and will cover more than 99% of U.S. trade. The move is tied to allegations that the targeted countries failed to adequately ban forcedlabor practices in trade with the United States. The new tariffs will replace the existing 10% global duties and will not be added on top of earlier steel and aluminum tariffs. Administration officials described the action as the most sweeping laborrights measure the United States has taken internationally, while the White House continues to expand its use of trade penalties amid ongoing legal and policy battles.