Washington (USA), June 3 (LaPresse) – US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that the Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10% or more on dozens of major trading partners following an investigation into alleged cases of forced labor. The report published by the USTR (U.S. Trade Representative) states that Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and the United Kingdom would be subject to 10% tariffs for failing to enforce a ban on imports of products made with forced labor. An additional 12.5% tariff would be imposed on China, Japan, India, South Korea, Brazil and Switzerland. “The failure of our most important trading partners to address the problem of importing goods made with forced labor is unacceptable. This creates a situation in which American workers are forced to compete globally on an uneven playing field,” Greer said, adding that “each of our trading partners must do more to ensure that trade does not perversely encourage and reinforce forced labor globally.” The report defines forced labor as “work or service exacted from a person under the threat of any penalty for its non-performance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”
Tariffs, US moving toward 10% duties on partners for imports of goods produced with forced labor
Washington (USA), June 3 (LaPresse) – US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced that the Trump administration is proposing tariffs of 10% or more on dozens of major trading partners following an investigation into alleged cases of forced labor. The report published by the USTR (U.S. Trade Representative) states that Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and the United Kingdom would be subject to 10% tariffs for failing to enforce a ban on imports of products made with forced labor. An additional 12.5% tariff would be imposed on China, Japan, India, South Korea, Brazil and Switzerland. “The failure of our most important trading partners to address the problem of importing goods made with forced labor is unacceptable. This creates a situation in which American workers are forced to compete globally on an uneven playing field,” Greer said, adding that “each of our trading partners must do more to ensure that trade does not perversely encourage and reinforce forced labor globally.” The report defines forced labor as “work or service exacted from a person under the threat of any penalty for its non-performance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”
