Actions by the United States in the Investigations Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the Acts, Policies, and Practices of 60 Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy To Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced With Forced Labor

A presidential memorandum details Section 301 tariff actions against 60 economies — including the EU, Canada, Japan, and the UK alongside Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea's regional neighbors — for allegedly failing to prohibit or enforce bans on forced-labor goods. USTR proposed 10 percent tariffs on economies with partial enforcement regimes or trade-agreement commitments, and 12.5 percent on everyone else found actionable, after receiving over 1,600 public comments and testimony from 100-plus witnesses.

The memo also floats a textile mechanism allowing certain apparel imports in duty-free, and lists exemption categories for raw materials, hard-to-source goods, and products whose tariffing wouldn't meaningfully advance the stated forced-labor goal. The investigation lumps together nations with vastly different labor records under a single enforcement framework and a matching pair of tariff rates.

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