The only difference this time is that he has a new pretext for abusing tariffs: stopping forced labour. Of course, the administration is right that too little is being done about forced labour. Not surprisingly, China, long a suspected source of goods produced with forced labour, has largely been given a pass. If Trump’s actions motivate the EU to investigate forced labour in the US, it will be doing US workers a service. In this case, Canada imposed tariffs on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s discriminatory tariffs.