US cites forced labor concerns as grounds for new tariffs
Key takeaways
- Despite laws banning them, the products of forced labor are deeply embedded in supply chains across the world.
- “Forced labor concerns all countries and is happening in every sector.
- USTR proposed 10% additional duties on imports from Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Taiwan and Britain.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize The Trump administration has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies after determining they had failed to curb trade in goods made with forced labor, an assertion that was rejected by US trading partners.
The proposal from the US Trade Representative’s office, issued late on Tuesday, comes from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation designed to help rebuild US President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, struck down by a US Supreme Court decision in February.
Despite laws banning them, the products of forced labor are deeply embedded in supply chains across the world. Business leaders said the US move created more confusion for companies trying to police the sourcing of products.