Trump administration announces new tariffs in crackdown on goods made with forced labor

The Trump administration announced late Tuesday that more than a dozen countries would face a new 10% tariff following an investigation that found they haven’t done enough to stop imports of goods made using forced labor. Canada and Mexico are among the countries facing the tariff, but goods that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement would be exempted, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. A majority of the goods exported from those countries are considered compliant with the agreement. 
Japan, China and India are among countries that would face a 12.5% rate because they haven’t restricted these imports or committed to doing so, the Wall Street Journal reported. 
“The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement. 

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