Original source (on modern site) | Article images: [1] [2]
A cotton farm worker in the Xinjiang region of China. Trade and human rights experts said U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff threats would do little to solve widespread issues of abusive employment practices in the global supply chain.
| BLOOMBERG
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. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, SUBSCRIBE NOW
quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
![[1]](image.php?loc=JP&i=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fjapantimes%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F2026%2F06%2F06%2F544644.jpg%3Fv%3D3.1){kind=link}
![[2]](image.php?loc=JP&i=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fjapantimes%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F2026%2F06%2F06%2F544644.jpg){kind=link}