US layers forced-labor tariffs onto 60 trading partners as global duty lapses

New Section 301 tariffs of 10% or 12.5% take effect July 24, 2026, covering nearly all US imports as a temporary global duty expires the same day.

The US will begin charging new tariffs on imports from 60 trading partners on Friday, July 24, 2026, according to the fact sheet. Levied under Section 301 and tied to forced-labor enforcement failures, the duties run at either 10% or 12.5% depending on the country, and reach China, the European Union, and Mexico. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer proposed the levies in June 2026 after a Section 232 investigation opened in March, and a USTR fact sheet says they cover 99.4% of US imports.

The mechanics are layered. The same day the new tariffs land, the temporary Section 122 global 10% duty expires — that measure was installed earlier in 2026 after a Supreme Court ruling undid tariffs imposed under IEEPA. For Most-Favored Nation countries like the EU, Japan, and South Korea, the new charge is applied net of the existing MFN duty, capped at 10% or 12.5% unless the MFN rate already exceeds that. Agricultural goods, items already under Section 232 steel and aluminum levies, certain Malaysian textiles, and UK whiskey are exempt.

For manufactured goods, this raises input costs and adds paperwork across most of the import base, which tends to push consumer prices up and gum up sourcing. It is friction on availability, not progress toward it.

Watch how these tariffs interact with fresh levies on Canada and Brazil — the filing did not say — and a separate Section 301 probe into manufacturing capacity whose findings are unreleased. An industry advisor calls the 'net of MFN' interpretation genuinely uncertain in practice.

Source: Manufacturing Dive