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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17848595316522026072403078_20c559b0420f05b5c040d938ce95d1e6e722c673f6188e02cc4dcde3b0db82df.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">US President-elect Donald Trump dances at the end of a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024.<em> Angela Weiss, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The United States is slapping a new 12.5 percent tariff on Philippine goods.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/24/us-unveils-new-tariffs-on-60-partners-as-trump-rebuilds-trade-agenda-0727" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US unveils new tariffs on 60 partners as Trump rebuilds trade agenda</a></div><p>The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) said it is imposing these tariffs after months of investigation—starting in March—that sought to check which countries do not prohibit or effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced wholly or in part with forced labor.</p><p>The USTR said the Philippines is among the economies that &quot;have failed to impose and effectively enforce a
prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.&quot;</p><p>All in all, the US imposed tariffs on 60 trading partners worldwide over forced labor concerns. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/2/27/trade-deficit-narrows-by-17-8-percent-in-january-1627https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/2/27/trade-deficit-narrows-by-17-8-percent-in-january-1627" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trade deficit narrows by 17.8 percent in January</a></div><p>&quot;The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it&#x27;s well past time for our trading partners to do the same,&quot; said US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.</p><p>The United States is one of the Philippines&#x27; biggest trading partners—in January, about $1.16 billion in goods were sent to the US.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j_qb6o5YxNk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

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US slaps new 12.5 percent tariff on Philippine goods

Benise Balaoing,

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Published July 24, 2026 10:21 AM PHT

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