LONDON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s threat to slap new tariffs on trade partners the U.S. accuses of failing to crack down on forced labor will do little to fight modern slavery ¡ª and could even make things worse, experts, business groups and some human rights groups say.
In its latest trade salvo, the Trump administration proposed additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from ?60 countries for failing to curb trade in goods made with forced labor, an assertion that U.S. trading partners rejected.
The plan from ?the U.S. ?Trade Representative¡¯s office comes from a Section 301 unfair trade practices investigation designed to help restore Trump¡¯s emergency ?tariffs, struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in February.
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