Starting on the 24th, the United States imposed tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on dozens of countries and regions in the name of so-called “forced labor.” Two small US companies filed a lawsuit with the US International Trade Court on the same day, arguing that this new tariff measure exceeded the US government's legal authority to levy tariffs. According to the lawsuit of these two small companies, the US government imposed tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on dozens of countries and regions in the name of so-called “forced labor” in accordance with section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, but the US government did not make more specific factual findings on the so-called “forced labor” issue in various countries, which was insufficient to provide a legal basis for imposing tariffs on a large scale. The lawsuit also stated that in the past, Section 301 was commonly used to target specific countries or specific industries, but now there is no historical precedent for imposing large-scale tariffs on dozens of countries and regions based on Section 301. The plaintiff believes that the US government's move is actually re-implementing large-scale tariff increases that have previously been ruled illegal by the US Supreme Court.

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