00:02A new round of President Trump tariffs officially took effect overnight.
00:07The administration began imposing new import taxes of 10 to 12.5 percent on goods from 60 trading partners,
00:15replacing the temporary tariffs that expired at midnight.
00:18The new levies target countries, the administration says, are not doing enough to keep goods made with forced labor out
00:25of global supply chains.
00:26Trade Representative Jameson Greer says the goal is to pressure those countries to crack down on forced labor while protecting
00:34American workers.
00:35In a statement, Greer said, today's action will begin to correct what is both a human rights abuse and distortive
00:41trade practice to improve the welfare of workers everywhere.
00:45Trump is using a different section of federal trade law this time after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier
00:52tariff strategy,
00:52ruling he did not have the authority to impose broad import taxes under emergency powers.
00:59Hours before these new tariffs were announced Thursday,
01:02Justice Elena Kagan pointed to the court's earlier tariff ruling as an example of the judiciary checking presidential power.
01:10You know, tariffs is probably the key policy issue for this president.
01:15I mean, something he campaigned on, he ran on, he cared an enormous amount about.
01:21I don't think that there are all that many decisions in recent times where a court strikes down such an
01:32important policy to a sit-in president.
01:36This latest round of tariffs uses a different trade law than the one the Supreme Court rejected earlier this year,
01:43setting up the next legal battle over Trump's tariff strategy.
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