Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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Trump Team Proposes New Tariff Round On 60 Countries Over Forced Labor Practices
The U.S. Trade Representative has issued an overnight statement and proposed a new round of tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 trading partners, marking the administration's largest attempt yet to rebuild its tariff empire after the Supreme Court struck down earlier levies.
The new duties stem from Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which investigates whether trading partners are failing to block products made with forced labor - or slave labor.
Those tariffs would apply to Canada, Mexico, the EU, Taiwan, and the UK, while goods from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and Switzerland would face a higher 12.5% rate. The USTR explained that the higher rate targets countries that have failed to impose or effectively enforce forced-labor import bans.
"The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable. This creates a dynamic where American workers are forced to compete globally on an unlevel playing field," U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer wrote in a statement.
Greer added, "We will no longer tolerate this disparity. Some trading partners have taken initial steps to prevent the importation of forced labor goods, including through the USMCA and commitments in Agreements on Reciprocal Trade. However, each of our trading partners must do more to ensure that trade does not perversely encourage and entrench forced labor globally."
The proposed new levies will enter public review in the coming weeks, with hearings scheduled for June 22. Written comments are due by July 6, and public hearings will begin on July 7.
Deborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore, told Bloomberg in response to the development that "trading partners will be understandably upset by this determination."
"You've opened a door now for a whole lot of new tariff and non-tariff adjustments," Elms said.
She added, "It's very impactful because Section 301 is an extremely powerful tool, and it's unlikely to be overturned."
In February, President Trump's protectionist trade agenda to rebuild America's industrial core suffered a sharp blow when the Supreme Court struck down levies he imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, ruling that the statute did not authorize the president to impose sweeping tariffs without congressional approval.
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That decision by the High Court forced the Trump team to pivot to longer-lasting but slower trade authorities, such as Section 122 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Section 122 can be used to impose temporary import duties, while Section 301 requires investigations into unfair foreign trade practices, providing a legal pathway for the forced-labor probe to make tariffs great again.
Family Of Henry Nowak's Migrant Killer Sparks Outrage After Asking For "No Further Pain" In Tone-Deaf Statement
Family Of Henry Nowak's Migrant Killer Sparks Outrage After Asking For "No Further Pain" In Tone-Deaf Statement
The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak’s murder not be used to cause “further pain,” despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street.
Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday after stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak multiple times in Southampton. According to the account provided, Henry was stabbed five times, including twice in the back of the legs, once in the face and once fatally in the chest.
The case has caused national outrage not only because of the killing itself, but the wider context. After the stabbing, Digwa’s brother phoned police and claimed that “some White guy” had racially insulted his brother. Henry had not done so, a court ruled. Instead, Digwa had used a ceremonial knife to stab him repeatedly.
Police then arrested Henry purely on the basis of the report of racial assault against him. Bodycam footage released by the Crown Prosecution Service after the sentencing showed Henry lying motionless on the ground while being arrested on suspicion of assault. He told officers he had been stabbed and could not breathe.
“I don’t think you have, mate,” one officer replied.
Henry died minutes later.
Against that background, the Digwa family’s statement has been met with disbelief. The statement said, “The loss of a young life is a grief that no family should ever have to carry. We are deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the Nowak family has had to endure.”
“We love Vickrum. We will continue to love him. That love does not stand in opposition to the sorrow we feel for the Nowak family. Both are real, and both will remain with us for the rest of our lives.”
But the line that has drawn particular anger came later, when the family said: “We would give anything to turn back time so the path of both Henry and Vickrum never crossed that night. We cannot change what has happened; we just hope that no further pain is caused in its name.”
Rather than calling an ambulance, Digwa filmed Henry. The murder weapon was given to his mother, and police later found it at the family home along with more than 20 other weapons. His mother is due to be sentenced for removing the murder weapon from the crime scene.
“We ask that this tragedy is not used by anyone to inflame division or hostility towards any community. We now ask for privacy as we come to terms with what lies ahead,” the family added.
GB News anchor Patrick Christys wrote in response, “F*** off. They didn’t call an ambulance, they lied to police, they played the race card, they also raised a monster. They get to visit their son in prison, the Nowaks will never see their son again.”
Political commentator Connor Tomlinson wrote, “The Digwa family aren’t sorry. They just wish they hadn’t been caught.”
“Note that they laundered this face-saving statement through a ‘Sikh Press Association’ account,” he added. “I can’t name a white advocacy organisation that would publish a statement from a family who conspired to cover up a murder.”
GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry said she had heard what members of the Digwa contingent had said and done in court towards the Nowak family.
“It didn’t sound like the behavior of people who are ‘deeply sorry’ to me,” she wrote.
Dewberry was referencing the conduct of the Digwa family at the court during Monday’s sentencing hearing, in which they continued to claim they were being racially discriminated against.
Presenter Dan Wootton also condemned the statement, writing.
“This is a revolting and reprehensible statement from Henry Nowak murderer Digwa’s family.”
The conduct of Digwa’s relatives is now under wider scrutiny. Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick, a former Conservative Home Office minister, asked why Digwa’s brother and father had not yet been charged.
“I hope Hampshire Police and the CPS have a good explanation as to why Digwa’s brother and father have not yet been charged,” he wrote.
“His mother is being sentenced soon for removing the murder weapon from the crime scene. If his brother and father knew Henry had been stabbed, are they not accessories too?
“The brother called 999 to falsely report Henry for racially attacking the murderer. The father physically detained a dying Henry until the police arrived. None of them informed the police that Henry had been stabbed. All watched him die, handcuffed, on the ground,” he added.
Henry’s family issued statements outside court after the sentencing. They described his treatment by police as “inhumane and degrading.” His father said Henry “did not die with dignity.” His sister, Olivia Nowak, said, “The day we got the knock on the door to say my brother had passed, I don’t think there are any words to describe that type of pain. A lot of myself died when he died.
“Henry was the most wonderful, funny, handsome, kind, precious, smart boy. He lit every room he walked in,” she added.
On Tuesday, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said people should respond to Henry Nowak’s death with “pure cold rage,” calling it evidence of a “two-tier culture.”
Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe said Digwa should face the death penalty. “A Restore Britain Government, with the British people’s approval, would put Vickrum Digwa to death,” he wrote. “Henry Nowak was stabbed by Digwa five times, including twice in the back of his legs, once in the face, and a fatal wound to the chest.”
“Rather than calling an ambulance, Digwa filmed Henry. Digwa gave the knife to his mother and it was found by police at their home along with more than 20 other weapons. Keeping this savage alive serves nobody,” he added.
Lowe also said the police officers at the scene “who allowed Henry to die” would face criminal charges for gross negligence manslaughter under a Restore Britain government, and that “Digwa’s foreign family will be deported.”
Exposing the Nazi/Islamist bond...including the despicable Bernie Sanders
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Anti American revolutionaries act out!
Vandals sabotage Trump’s Freedom 250 event on National Mall — contaminating underground water with fuel: spokeswoman
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Fresh hell for California drivers as Gavin Newsom quietly hikes gas prices again
How corrupt is the LAUSD? Beyond description!
LAUSD acting superintendent Andres Chait’s decision on vile sex abuse case that rocked Los Angeles revealed
Los Angeles’ top education official helped clear the way for a wrestling coach suspended over sexual misconduct allegations to return to high school — where he later abused nine students in a scandal that shocked the city.
Andres Chait was made temporary LAUSD superintendent on February 27th after Alberto Carvalho was suspended on full pay amid a corruption investigation that saw the FBI raid his family home in San Pedro.
Law enforcement sources say Carvahlo, 61, in being probed in the the collapse of a multimillion-dollar AI project. He continues to collect his $440,000 salary. Hong ”Grace” Peng, 53, a technical prject manager, has been accused of running an alleged eye-popping $22 million kickback scheme. She has pled not guilty.
The LAUSA has also faced criticism for its last-minute decision to offer teachers and other staff whopping pay rises costing taxpayers $1.2 billion despite students recording lower averages than the rest of the state.
The California Post can now reveal that based on a newly uncovered deposition Chait played an integral role in allowing rapist pedophile coach Terry Gillard to return his role at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in April 2016.
Gillard, who is now serving 71 years prison, was placed on ”reassignment” and suspended from his role after being accused by a campus aide of repeatedly offering her money in exchange for sex, the deposition reveals.
Chait was questioned by attorney Morgan Stewart at the deposition about LASUD’s response after the aide reported Gillard as part of a compensation claim by his victims.
The investigation into Gillard’s behavior was assigned to the LAUSD’s Student Safety Investigation Team, or SSIT, the testimony shows.
Chait, who was the LAUSD administrator responsible for the northeast district at the time, didn’t send out the standard 72-hour notice to parents because ‘there were no students involved.”
At the conclusion of the investigation, Chait decided to allow Gillard to return to his role with a reminder of the relevant district policies, Chait testified.
“My initial thought — and it ended up being ultimately what I did — was that we had a case where you had, you know, a categorical denial by Gillard of having done anything,” Chait said under oath during video depositing for students seeking compensation.
“You had nothing in terms of corroboration. Gillard had no prior incidents. He hadn’t been written up for anything before. There were no prior concerns. So at that point, it was my thought would be that he would be sent back to Poly.”
Gillard returned to the school on April 18, 2016, the papers say, where he spent the next 14 months coercing wrestlers into sexual acts with him and each other, often in the van from the nonprofit Boys and Girls Club.
Gillard was only arrested after a 17-year-old female wrestler secretly filmed him sexually abusing her in his car and brought the video to the school’s principal, Ari Bennett, in June 2017, court papers show.
Gillard was eventually convicted in 2019 of sexually abusing nine teenage wrestlers he coached at the school.
Prosecutors alleged he’d been abusing children since 1991, often forcing victims to engage in sex acts while he watched.
A jury found him guilty on 47 counts involving child molestation and other sex crimes against 15 minors, including against children as young as 11.
Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky said Gillard exploited his position of authority to prey on the students he was supposed to protect, destroying their innocence and forever altering their lives.
The disgraced coach, 65, is serving 71 years in prison.
LAUSD later paid his victims $52 million to settle a lawsuit over the abuse in 2022.
Plaintiff attorney Morgan Stewart said after the settlement that the LAUSD ”placed Gillard back into an environment with minor students following a suspension for sexual misconduct.”
”They did not clear him of the allegations and made no efforts to warn students or their parents of the risks they faced at his hands,” he said.
Chait’s bio for the LAUSD states he “brings decades of experience as an educator and district leader.”
”From kindergarten teacher to principal, Local District Superintendent to Chief of School Operations, he has built a strong track record of student-centered leadership and operational excellence,” his bio claims.
Chait and the LAUSD have not returned repeated requests for comment on the matter.
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