Section 301 and the Spice Man who Sued Trump Over Them

Section 301 tariffs now cover 99% of U.S. trade on a forced-labor pretext, face court skepticism, but will likely keep collecting through 12-18 months of appeals.

• Section 301 now covers 60 jurisdictions: A statute previously used ~130 times for narrow, country-specific trade disputes now imposes 10-12.5% tariffs on roughly 99% of U.S. trade, per guest host Peter Harrell.
• Forced-labor justification looks pretextual: China gets the same 12.5% rate as two-thirds of other countries despite being, per Harrell, the world's biggest forced-labor problem — rates don't track actual findings.

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