economy
March 13, 2026
USTR Investigating 60 Countries Over Unfair Trade Practices
The U.S. Trade Representative Office opened sweeping Section 301 investigations into 60 countries over their failures to ban the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
TL;DR
- The U.S. Trade Representative Office (USTR) has launched Section 301 investigations into 60 countries.
- The investigations target countries that have failed to ban the importation of goods produced with forced labor.
- Nations under investigation include Canada, China, India, Iraq, Mexico, South Korea, and the European Union.
- USTR claims these countries are not doing enough to enforce measures against forced labor imports.
- This move is viewed as an alternative to tariffs that were previously invalidated by the Supreme Court.
- Public hearings for the investigations are scheduled for April 28th.
- A separate, smaller set of investigations into structural excess capacity and production in manufacturing sectors was launched the previous day.
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