US EditionU.S. launches fresh Section 301 probes into 60 economies over forced-labor trade practices
U.S. investigates 60 economies for failing to enforce bans on forced labor imports, aiming to create legal grounds for new tariffs after Supreme Court struck down prior measures.
- On Thursday, the United States Trade Representative launched Section 301 investigations into 60 economies to determine whether they failed to ban imports of goods produced with forced labor.
- Conducted under the Trade Act of 1974, these probes aim to replace reciprocal tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month, providing a new legal basis for potential duties.
- USTR Jamieson Greer stated that American workers face unfair competition from foreign producers who gain an "artificial cost advantage" from the "scourge of forced labor."
- Targeted nations include China, the European Union, India, Mexico, Japan, and Korea, with the office assessing whether their policies are "unreasonable" or "discriminatory" and restrict U.S. commerce.
- Separately, President Donald Trump's administration initiated inquiries into 13 economies regarding "structural" excess capacity, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prepares to meet his counterpart in Paris this weekend for trade talks.
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On Thursday, the United States announced the launch of investigations into forced labour against some 60 of its trading partners, with the aim of re-establishing customs barriers.
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60 Economies Probed for Forced Labor
The United States has launched trade probes into 60 economies to determine whether their trade practices involve forced labor. The investigations will determine whether the “acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce,” a statement from the Trade…
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