LONDON - 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 — 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.
Trump’s latest tariff salvo no fix for global issue of forced labor
LONDON - 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 — and could even make things worse, experts, business groups and some human rights groups say.In its latest trade salvo
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