What’s Behind Trump’s Forced Labour Accusations Against Canada?
News Analysis The Trump administration is leaning on the forced labour issue to impose new tariffs on trading partners, but why was Canada targeted and how is the government responding? The United States Trade Representative (USTR) said in a June 2 report, based on an investigation it launched in March, that 60 U.S. trade partners, […]
TL;DR
- The U.S. is leveraging forced labor accusations to impose new tariffs.
- A USTR report from June 2 stated 60 trade partners, including Canada, have failed to restrict goods made with forced labor.
- Proposed tariffs include 10% on 16 countries (Canada, Mexico, UK, EU) and 12.5% on others (China, India, Japan).