US Starts Second Trade Probe in Trump’s Tariff Policy Revival

President Donald Trump’s administration began its second tariff investigation in as many days, continuing its effort to rebuild his key trade policy that was struck down by the Supreme Court.

The office of US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday initiated the probe under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act into forced-labor practices in 60 economies. The European Union, China, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, India, Taiwan and the UK are among the targets of the inquiry.

“The investigations will determine whether acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose and ...