Overview
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said new Section 301 investigations will span most major trading partners.
- The probes will examine pharmaceutical pricing, industrial excess capacity, forced labor, discrimination against U.S. tech and digital goods, digital services taxes, ocean pollution, and practices in seafood and rice.
- USTR plans an expedited timetable and may use tariffs if unfair practices are found, while continuing existing cases involving Brazil and China.
- President Trump imposed a 10% global import duty for 150 days and directed USTR to open the new Section 301 inquiries.
- The Supreme Court struck down IEEPA-based reciprocal and fentanyl tariffs, and officials say other tariffs under different statutes remain in effect as recently negotiated trade agreements stay in place.