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United States Trade Representative @USTradeRep - 📰@WSJ: Trump’s Tariffs Put a Spotlight on Forced Labor
President Trump is leveraging the tools at his disposal to incentivize our trading partners to adopt and effectively enforce import bans on goods made with forced labor, upholding the standard the U.S. has championed for nearly 100 years.
Now, our trading partners are starting to follow suit.
Read the below thread for more. ⬇️
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... Everyone has to admit that the 301 investigations have ignited conversations about forced labor in supply chains all over the world. In some places where advocates have been arguing for new action for a decade, we are seeing sudden movement." Laura Murphy, Forced-Labor Researcher who advised the Biden administration
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"The administration's focus on forced labor is a welcome one. We just needed to see enforcement through any instrument." Samir Goswami, Director of Forced-Labor Programs at Hague-based Global Rights Compliance
https://x.com/USTradeRep/status/2108646281115501026

United States Trade Representative @USTradeRep - .@WSJ: “The U.S. has for decades taken a much firmer line on forced labor than its peer countries, first banning imports tied to the practice in 1930.”
Read:
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trumps-tariffs-put-a-spotlight-on-forced-labor-it-isnt-going-away-b5f68fda?mod=economy_lead_pos3
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Chart: A RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE COMMITTED AND ADOPTED AN IMPORT BAN ON GOODS MADE WITH FORCED LABOR
Under President Trump's Leadership