Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0922
Case Information
- Content Scored
- Section 301 Actions Against 60 Economies for Failure to Prohibit Forced-Labor Imports (July 23, 2026)
- Source
- Federal Register / U.S. Trade Representative
- Author
- Executive Office of the President; U.S. Trade Representative
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-23
- Content Type
- Executive Order
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-28
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The Trade Representative's determination that sixty economies 'are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce' by failing to prohibit forced-labor imports, and the resulting section 301 tariffs (10 percent and 12.5 percent, with net-of-MFN calculations and tariff-rate quotas), place American commerce and workers above foreign trade interests and defend domestic industry against unfair, forced-labor-tainted competition. Tariffs on foreign goods are duties on imports, not a domestic tax on Americans, and do not trigger the Article X Automatic Fail (which requires an explicit new tax on Americans, never inferred). Default 70/30 weighting applied: this executive action asserts factual determinations that are themselves assessed, so the legal-text exception does not apply. Strongly America First.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0922 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.