As USTR cites failure to prohibit imports made with forced labor
THE PHILIPPINES is facing the prospect of additional US tariffs, after a US Trade Representative (USTR) investigation found it and 59 other economies had not done enough to curb the importation of goods that were made with forced labor.
In its report on the Section 301 investigation, the USTR proposed additional duties on imports from the 60 economies, citing what it described as inadequate measures to restrict imports that were produced with forced labor.
“The results of this investigation indicate that the acts, policies and practices of the Philippines related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a forced labor import prohibition are unreasonable and burden or restrict US commerce,” it said.
Last March, the USTR began a forced labor probe on 60 economies under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974.
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