In a recent statement, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer asserted that President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on 60 trading partners, imposed due to their alleged laxity in enforcing forced labor bans, are unlikely to have a notable economic effect. Greer explained that the tariff rates, set at 10% or 12.5%, echo those of recent global tariffs and are limited to fewer countries than a now-expired universal 10% tariff, though they still cover 99.4% of U.S. imports. Speaking on Fox News Channel’s ‘Special Report with Bret Baier,’ he noted, “Well, I don’t think it has an impact at all,” in reference…
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