Trump begins rebuilding his tariff wall with proposed new levies

The US is proposing new tariff of at least 10 per cent on imports from 60 trading partners in president Donald Trump’s biggest move to rebuild his protectionist wall since his earlier levies were struck down by the US supreme court. Following an investigation into how trade partners handle goods allegedly produced by forced labour, a 10 per cent tariff rate would apply to imports from Canada, Mexico, the European Union, Taiwan and the UK, among other places, according to a statement from the Office of the US Trade Representative. Products from other major economies, including China, India, Japan, South…