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ESG Dive · United States · USTR proposes 12.5% forced-labor tariff on China; probes also target EU and Mexico supply chains
Reports the USTR is proposing a 12.5% tariff on Chinese imports found to involve forced labour violations under an expanded Section 301 probe, building on supply-chain audits of solar panels, polysilicon, apparel and seafood. Notes that Mexico and the EU are also under separate UFLPA-referral investigations for goods manufactured with Chinese-origin forced-labour inputs, creating a potential transatlantic alignment on the mechanism even as the EU objects to its extraterritorial scope.
“USTR proposed a 12.5% tariff on China for forced labor violations, building on supply-chain audits that already cover solar, polysilicon, apparel and seafood.”