US opens unfair trade practices probe of 60 countries over forced labor

US opens unfair trade practices probe of 60 countries over forced labor

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade ‌Representative's office said late ‌on Thursday it had ​initiated Section 301 unfair trade practices probes of 60 economies in ‌relation to ⁠what it called failures to take ⁠action on forced labor.

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"These investigations will ​determine whether ​foreign ​governments have taken ‌sufficient steps to prohibit the importation of goods produced with forced labor and how ‌the failure to ​eradicate these ​abhorrent ​practices impacts U.S. ‌workers and businesses," ​U.S. ​Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a ​statement.

(Reporting ‌by Kanishka Singh in ​Washington; Editing by ​Ismail Shakil)

 

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