The proposed Section 301 tariffs are intended more to pressure countries to sign deals than to enforce labor protections, write @gregorycshaffer.bsky.social (Gregory Shaffer) and @jeremiahmay.bsky.social (Jeremiah May).
The Trump administration's § 301 investigations and resulting tariffs are likely to face serious legal challenges.
@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I look at the issues those tariffs could raise, including constitutional, statutory interpretation, and administrative law claims in @justsecurity.org
@gregorycshaffer.bsky.social and I show how the proposed tariff rates in USTR's forced-labor Section 301 report track whether or not a country has cut a deal with the U.S. administration, and not its policing of forced-labor imports for @justsecurity.org
After the Supreme Court limited IEEPA tariff authority, the Trump administration turned to Section 301, raising new legal questions.
