
A year after broad tariffs failed to deliver the promised economic surge, the administration has increasingly relied on targeted measures; the new forced-labor-based tariffs represent the latest such tactic. These repeated tariff initiatives—both broad and narrowly framed—underscore continued reliance on trade penalties despite weak domestic results, and they raise the prospect of international retaliation, higher consumer prices, and persistent questions about effectiveness.
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