The United States launched an investigation into 60 economies to evaluate measures they have taken to enforce a ban on the import of goods produced with forced labor. India is among the US trading partners included in its new directives.
“Despite the international consensus against forced labor, governments have failed to enforce and implement effective measures prohibiting goods produced with forced labor from entering their markets,” US Trade Representative Jamison Greer said.
The development comes one day after Greer announced the Trump administration’s plans to launch an investigation into 16 economies over their manufacturing practices, to determine whether they “burden or restrict” US trade. India also made it to that list.
Not just India, countries like Pakistan, China, Russia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Venezuela and Cambodia are also part of the 60 countries under US scrutiny for the announced probe into imports and forced labour. Full list:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Cambodia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chilean
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- dominican republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- European Union
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Filipino
- Qatar
- Russia
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Türkiye
- United Arab Emirates
- UK
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Why did the United States launch this investigation?
The investigation will be conducted under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act 1974, the same legislation under which the previous investigation into 16 economies over their industrial practices was announced.
Through this investigation, US authorities want to determine whether countries have taken steps to stop importing goods produced with forced labor and how the failure to do so has affected companies in the United States, Jamison Greer said.
