WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going ahead with new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court.
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 trading partners accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.
Versus the U.S. employing prison labor for various industries, not increasing the federal minimum wage for two decades, and reducing even that paltry amount for the restaurant industry?
It’s literally just because they’re hoping this one will survive the inevitable legal challenges. The glass houses they’re in have been bulldozed years ago.
i wouldnt be surprised its mostly red states doing it. since they use the prison population as part of the census, to boost thier hold on the house seats.