The US has launched new investigations into trading partners including the EU, Japan and Korea, as Donald Trump looks to shore up his tariff wall after the Supreme Court struck down many of his previous levies. US trade representative Jamieson Greer said his “target” was to conclude his fresh investigations ahead of the expiration of the current stopgap levies. The EU parliament last month said that in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling it would delay ratifying its trade agreement with Washington. “The Europeans agreed in the Turnberry deal that we could have a certain amount of tariff on them,” Greer said. We’re still waiting for Europe to do a lot of what it promised.”Alongside the EU, countries targeted by the new probe include China, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Mexico, Japan and India.

Source: The Irish Times March 12, 2026 16:12 UTC