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The U.S. president said the cost of smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires must be added to current tariffs on Canada.
Brazil said there was ‘no justification’ for the measures, vowing a challenge through the World Trade Organization.
Trade Fraud Task Force has recovered or charged more than $1 billion in civil and criminal recoveries, penalties, forfeitures in under a year.
The Trump administration could impose a 25 percent tariff on imports of several Brazilian products.
The White House said US phosphate production remains insufficient to meet domestic agricultural demand after accounting for exports.
The new tariff would be imposed immediately, the president confirmed.
The first Trump administration imposed tariffs on Chinese goods using Section 301 of the Trade Act over China’s unfair trade practices.
The threat revives long-running U.S. opposition to France’s digital tax, which Washington says unfairly targets American companies.
A court struck down the tariffs on May 7 in a 2–1 vote.
An investment update from the U.S. subsidiary of Nippon Steel outlined $2.5 billion in planned investments—up from the initial $1 billion figure.
The move comes years after the company shifted some production to Thailand, drawing criticism from labor unions and President Donald Trump.
An appeals court stopped an order that would have required Rodney Scott to testify in the case about tariff refunds.
The USTR has proposed 10 percent or 12.5 percent duties on 60 economies, with public comments due July 6 and hearings set for July 7.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the failure of trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor “is unacceptable.”
‘The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable,’ trade czar Jamieson Greer said.
The USTR also said the U.S. government would continue to ‘engage intensively’ with Brazil to address its concerns.
The tariff rate on agricultural equipment will be lowered to 15 percent.
The announcement made no mention of negotiations involving Canada, which is also a part of the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement under review in the upcoming talks.
Negotiations with Canada could present challenges, the U.S. trade ambassador said.
The trade representative highlighted careful timing for any duties to support U.S. chip manufacturing resurgence.
