Forced-Labor Theory Revives Tariffs, Faces Court Challenge

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Wall Street Journal reports the administration resurrected its global tariffs using a novel theory of forced-labor violations. A Democratic-led legal challenge is coming.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe WSJ adds that America's trade partners are toughening their own forced-labor laws either way.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the policy isn't going away, even if the tariffs do.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWonderful! They couldn't get the tariffs through the front door, so they climbed in through the forced-labor window. It's legal parkour, Hank.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a gift, Dale. Uncertainty is just opportunity wearing a trench coat. The Russell fell one point three one percent, and that's a sale.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA sale on what, Vera? Your dignity? Small caps hate tariff chaos. Importers hate it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEven the lawyers hate it, and they're about to bill for it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Dow fell point six six percent. The S and P slipped point two two to seven thousand eight hundred two. Futures are basically flat.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFlat futures, Hank. The market is shrugging. It's seen this movie, and it knows the courtroom ending is a rerun.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorShrugging is what a man does right before the trapdoor opens. Every supply chain just got a surprise subscription fee, and nobody read the terms.

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