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Calculated Shard: 42 (from laksa132)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa042.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-trade-war-section-301-rcna263026\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-trade-war-section-301-rcna263026\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/trump-trade-war-section-301-rcna263026","crawl_time":1776257468,"first_indexed_time":1773270805,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nbcnews!www,\/business\/economy\/trump-trade-war-section-301-rcna263026 s443","src_root_hash":"3867714919315588842","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Trump launches next phase of trade war with new investigations","meta_descriptions":["The Trump administration will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations against 16 U.S. trade partners, the next phase in a sweeping global trade war"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars.\nIn a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports.\nSingapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301.\n“These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday.\n“We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added.\nGreer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week.\nGoods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China.\nCurrently, the United States has\na blanket 10% tariff in place\non all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February.\nThe\ncourt found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority\nwhen he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries.\nTrump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.\nJacquelyn Martin \/ AP file\nThe current tariff was enacted under\nSection 122 of the Trade Act of 1974\n, which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer.\nGreer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends.\n“There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible,\" he said.\n“I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the [Section] 122 [tariff] expires,\" he added.\nTrading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year.\nMexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which\nTrump negotiated during his first term\nin office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement.\nThe European Union, America's largest trade partner,\nreached a deal last summer\nthat was announced in Scotland.\nBut the future of that agreement is currently in doubt,\nafter the E.U. hit pause\non the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies.\nOne top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.”\n“No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee,\nwrote Feb. 22 on X\n.\nThe opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny.\nIn January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance.\n\"The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. And she was very repetitive,\" Trump said in a speech.\nDescribing Switzerland's then-president Karin Keller-Sutter, Trump said she, \"kept saying the same thing over and over, 'we are a small country.'\"\n\"And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you,\" Trump recounted. He said that after hanging up, he decided the tariff on Switzerland would be 39%.\n\"Then all hell really broke out, and I was paid visits by everybody,\" he said, \"Rolex came to see me.\"\nFollowing those visits, the tariff rate was lowered to 15%.","attrs_markdown":"[Morning Rundown: U.S. says blockade has 'halted' trade, FBI flags extremist group targeting minors, and MLB newcomers land huge contracts](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/us-iran-peace-talks-swalwell-allegations-morning-rundown-rcna331892)\n\nIE 11 is not supported. 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to read this story ad-free\n\nGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.\n\n![arrow](https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg)\n\nIn a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports.\n\nSingapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301.\n\n“These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday.\n\n“We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added.\n\nGreer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week.\n\nGoods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China.\n\nCurrently, the United States has [a blanket 10% tariff in place](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/trump-global-tariff-start-10-percent-despite-announcement-15-percent-rcna260369) on all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February.\n\nThe [court found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827) when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries.\n\n![President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands.](https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-07\/250728-donald-trump-ursula-von-der-leyen-se-458p-e99056.jpg)\n\nTrump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.Jacquelyn Martin \/ AP file\n\nThe current tariff was enacted under [Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/trumps-tariffs-court-appeal-can-tariffs-come-back-what-to-know-rcna229111), which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer.\n\nGreer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends.\n\n“There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible,\" he said.\n\n“I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the \\[Section\\] 122 \\[tariff\\] expires,\" he added.\n\nTrading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year.\n\nMexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which [Trump negotiated during his first term](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-says-u-s-has-reached-new-trade-deal-mexico-n904141) in office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement.\n\nThe European Union, America's largest trade partner, [reached a deal last summer](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/us-european-union-trade-deal-tariff-rate-fifteen-percent-rcna218380) that was announced in Scotland.\n\nBut the future of that agreement is currently in doubt, [after the E.U. hit pause](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/europe-halts-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-rcna260231) on the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies.\n\nOne top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.”\n\n“No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, [wrote Feb. 22 on X](https:\/\/x.com\/berndlange\/status\/2025522476516602065).\n\nThe opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny.\n\nIn January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance.\n\n\"The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. And she was very repetitive,\" Trump said in a speech.\n\nDescribing Switzerland's then-president Karin Keller-Sutter, Trump said she, \"kept saying the same thing over and over, 'we are a small country.'\"\n\n\"And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you,\" Trump recounted. He said that after hanging up, he decided the tariff on Switzerland would be 39%.\n\n\"Then all hell really broke out, and I was paid visits by everybody,\" he said, \"Rolex came to see me.\"\n\nFollowing those visits, the tariff rate was lowered to 15%.\n\nShare\n\n[Add NBC News to Google](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nbcnews.com)\n\n![Save hover state](data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjAiIGhlaWdodD0iMjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyMCAyMCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj4KPHBhdGggZD0iTTEwLjQyNzkgMTEuNjg4OUw5Ljk5MTcxIDExLjI2NzdMOS41NTM4OCAxMS42ODcyTDIuNTA1NDMgMTguNDM5N1YwLjYzMDQzNUgxNy40OTQ2VjE4LjUxMTlMMTAuNDI3OSAxMS42ODg5WiIgZmlsbD0iIzdDNEU5RiIgZmlsbC1vcGFjaXR5PSIwLjMiIHN0cm9rZT0iIzdDNEU5RiIgc3Ryb2tlLXdpZHRoPSIxLjI2MDg3Ii8+Cjwvc3ZnPgo=)Savewith a NBCUniversal Profile\n\n[![](https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2024_51\/3672748\/steve_kopack.jpg)](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/steve-kopack-ncpn387336)\n\n[Steve Kopack](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/steve-kopack-ncpn387336)\n\nSteve Kopack is a senior reporter at NBC News covering business and the economy.\n\nMegan Shannon and Gary Grumbach contributed.\n\n- [About](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/information\/nbc-news-info\/about-nbc-news-digital-n1232178)\n- [Contact](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/information\/nbc-news-info\/contact-us-n1232521)\n- [Help](https:\/\/nbcnews.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us)\n- [Careers](https:\/\/www.nbcunicareers.com\/)\n- [Ad Choices](https:\/\/www.nbcuniversalprivacy.com\/privacy\/cookies#accordionheader2)\n- [Privacy Policy](https:\/\/www.nbcuniversalprivacy.com\/privacy?intake=NBC_News)\n- [Your Privacy Choices](https:\/\/www.nbcuniversal.com\/privacy\/notrtoo\/?intake=NBC_News)\n- [CA Notice](https:\/\/www.nbcuniversalprivacy.com\/privacy\/california-consumer-privacy-act?intake=NBC_News)\n- [Terms of Service](https:\/\/www.nbcuniversal.com\/terms)\n- [NBC News Subscription Terms of Service](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/subscribe\/supplemental-terms)\n- [NBC News Sitemap](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/archive)\n- [Closed Captioning](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/information\/nbc-news-info\/closed-captioning-n1307063)\n- [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/subscribe)\n- [Advertise](https:\/\/together.nbcuni.com\/advertise\/?utm_source=nbc_news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=property_ad_pages)\n- [NBC Select](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/select)\n\n© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC","attrs_readable_markdown":"The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars.\n\nIn a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports.\n\nSingapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301.\n\n“These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday.\n\n“We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added.\n\nGreer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week.\n\nGoods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China.\n\nCurrently, the United States has [a blanket 10% tariff in place](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/trump-global-tariff-start-10-percent-despite-announcement-15-percent-rcna260369) on all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February.\n\nThe [court found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827) when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries.\n\n![President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands.](https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-07\/250728-donald-trump-ursula-von-der-leyen-se-458p-e99056.jpg)\n\nTrump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.Jacquelyn Martin \/ AP file\n\nThe current tariff was enacted under [Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/trumps-tariffs-court-appeal-can-tariffs-come-back-what-to-know-rcna229111), which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer.\n\nGreer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends.\n\n“There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible,\" he said.\n\n“I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the \\[Section\\] 122 \\[tariff\\] expires,\" he added.\n\nTrading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year.\n\nMexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which [Trump negotiated during his first term](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-says-u-s-has-reached-new-trade-deal-mexico-n904141) in office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement.\n\nThe European Union, America's largest trade partner, [reached a deal last summer](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/us-european-union-trade-deal-tariff-rate-fifteen-percent-rcna218380) that was announced in Scotland.\n\nBut the future of that agreement is currently in doubt, [after the E.U. hit pause](https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/europe-halts-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-rcna260231) on the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies.\n\nOne top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.”\n\n“No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, [wrote Feb. 22 on X](https:\/\/x.com\/berndlange\/status\/2025522476516602065).\n\nThe opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny.\n\nIn January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance.\n\n\"The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. 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Boilerpipe Text	The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars. In a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports. Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301. “These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday. “We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added. Greer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week. Goods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China. Currently, the United States has a blanket 10% tariff in place on all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February. The court found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries. Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July. Jacquelyn Martin / AP file The current tariff was enacted under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 , which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer. Greer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends. “There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible," he said. “I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the [Section] 122 [tariff] expires," he added. Trading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year. Mexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which Trump negotiated during his first term in office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement. The European Union, America's largest trade partner, reached a deal last summer that was announced in Scotland. But the future of that agreement is currently in doubt, after the E.U. hit pause on the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies. One top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.” “No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, wrote Feb. 22 on X . The opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny. In January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance. "The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. And she was very repetitive," Trump said in a speech. Describing Switzerland's then-president Karin Keller-Sutter, Trump said she, "kept saying the same thing over and over, 'we are a small country.'" "And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you," Trump recounted. He said that after hanging up, he decided the tariff on Switzerland would be 39%. "Then all hell really broke out, and I was paid visits by everybody," he said, "Rolex came to see me." Following those visits, the tariff rate was lowered to 15%.
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Getty Images file Share [Add NBC News to Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=nbcnews.com) ![Save hover state](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjAiIGhlaWdodD0iMjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyMCAyMCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj4KPHBhdGggZD0iTTEwLjQyNzkgMTEuNjg4OUw5Ljk5MTcxIDExLjI2NzdMOS41NTM4OCAxMS42ODcyTDIuNTA1NDMgMTguNDM5N1YwLjYzMDQzNUgxNy40OTQ2VjE4LjUxMTlMMTAuNDI3OSAxMS42ODg5WiIgZmlsbD0iIzdDNEU5RiIgZmlsbC1vcGFjaXR5PSIwLjMiIHN0cm9rZT0iIzdDNEU5RiIgc3Ryb2tlLXdpZHRoPSIxLjI2MDg3Ii8+Cjwvc3ZnPgo=)Savewith a NBCUniversal Profile March 11, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC By [Steve Kopack](https://www.nbcnews.com/author/steve-kopack-ncpn387336) The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars. ![NBC News Icon](data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. ![arrow](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2026-01/arrow-f55fa5.svg) In a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports. Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301. “These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday. “We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added. Greer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week. Goods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China. Currently, the United States has [a blanket 10% tariff in place](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-global-tariff-start-10-percent-despite-announcement-15-percent-rcna260369) on all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February. The [court found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827) when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries. ![President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-07/250728-donald-trump-ursula-von-der-leyen-se-458p-e99056.jpg) Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.Jacquelyn Martin / AP file The current tariff was enacted under [Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trumps-tariffs-court-appeal-can-tariffs-come-back-what-to-know-rcna229111), which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer. Greer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends. “There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible," he said. “I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the \[Section\] 122 \[tariff\] expires," he added. Trading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year. Mexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which [Trump negotiated during his first term](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-u-s-has-reached-new-trade-deal-mexico-n904141) in office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement. The European Union, America's largest trade partner, [reached a deal last summer](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/us-european-union-trade-deal-tariff-rate-fifteen-percent-rcna218380) that was announced in Scotland. But the future of that agreement is currently in doubt, [after the E.U. hit pause](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/europe-halts-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-rcna260231) on the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies. One top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.” “No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, [wrote Feb. 22 on X](https://x.com/berndlange/status/2025522476516602065). The opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny. In January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance. "The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. And she was very repetitive," Trump said in a speech. Describing Switzerland's then-president Karin Keller-Sutter, Trump said she, "kept saying the same thing over and over, 'we are a small country.'" "And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you," Trump recounted. He said that after hanging up, he decided the tariff on Switzerland would be 39%. "Then all hell really broke out, and I was paid visits by everybody," he said, "Rolex came to see me." Following those visits, the tariff rate was lowered to 15%. 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Readable Markdown	The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will launch a wave of tariff-related investigations into more than a dozen U.S. trade partners, the next phase in President Donald Trump's sweeping global trade wars. In a process that is likely to result in a fresh round of tariffs in the near future, the Office of U.S. Trade Representative is opening the formal probes into major trade partners that include the European Union, Mexico and China — each of which ranks among the top five sources of U.S. imports. Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Japan and India will also be the targets of investigations under the trade statute known as Section 301. “These investigations will focus on economies that we have evidence appear to exhibit structural excess capacity and production in various manufacturing sectors, such as through larger, persistent trade surpluses or underutilized or unused capacity,” said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on a call with reporters Wednesday. “We expect that this investigation will uncover a variety of unfair trading practices,” Greer added. Greer said the U.S. would also be moving to launch an investigation related to the import of goods made with “forced labor,” in a second announcement set for later this week. Goods produced using forced labor are already banned from U.S. import under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930. This ban was strengthened in 2021 when Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which specifically targeted goods made in the Xinjiang region of China. Currently, the United States has [a blanket 10% tariff in place](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-global-tariff-start-10-percent-despite-announcement-15-percent-rcna260369) on all trading partners that was imposed after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs in late February. The [court found that Trump exceeded his presidential authority](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827) when he used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose rapid-fire tariffs on scores of countries. ![President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-07/250728-donald-trump-ursula-von-der-leyen-se-458p-e99056.jpg) Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after they reached a trade deal in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.Jacquelyn Martin / AP file The current tariff was enacted under [Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trumps-tariffs-court-appeal-can-tariffs-come-back-what-to-know-rcna229111), which permits the tariff to remain in place for 150 days, but not longer. Greer said his goal was for the investigations announced Wednesday to be wrapped up by the time that 150-day period ends. “There are potential options for the president,” said Greer. “We are much more focused on doing the Section 301 investigations, and bringing them to conclusion as quickly as possible," he said. “I would like to target them coming to conclusion before the \[Section\] 122 \[tariff\] expires," he added. Trading partners named in the new action Wednesday are expected to fiercely protest the latest moves by the Trump administration. Especially after many of them have reached framework trade deals over the course of the past year. Mexico, for example, is a party to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, which [Trump negotiated during his first term](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-u-s-has-reached-new-trade-deal-mexico-n904141) in office. It was not immediately clear how Wednesday’s announcement would impact that agreement. The European Union, America's largest trade partner, [reached a deal last summer](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/us-european-union-trade-deal-tariff-rate-fifteen-percent-rcna218380) that was announced in Scotland. But the future of that agreement is currently in doubt, [after the E.U. hit pause](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/europe-halts-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-rcna260231) on the final ratification process in the wake of the Supreme Court decision and several other tense issues between the two allies. One top member of the European Parliament said the Supreme Court ruling — paired with Trump’s new 10% duties — had created “pure tariff chaos.” “No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners,” Bernd Lange, head of the European Parliament’s trade committee, [wrote Feb. 22 on X](https://x.com/berndlange/status/2025522476516602065). The opening of an investigation into Switzerland will also likely draw scrutiny. In January, at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos, Trump told attendees that he had imposed significantly higher tariffs on the country than its neighbors because of a personal grievance. "The, I guess, prime minister, I don't think president ... called, a woman. And she was very repetitive," Trump said in a speech. Describing Switzerland's then-president Karin Keller-Sutter, Trump said she, "kept saying the same thing over and over, 'we are a small country.'" "And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you," Trump recounted. He said that after hanging up, he decided the tariff on Switzerland would be 39%. "Then all hell really broke out, and I was paid visits by everybody," he said, "Rolex came to see me." Following those visits, the tariff rate was lowered to 15%.
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