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Thailand among 60 economies facing proposed extra US tariffs over forced labour
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Thailand has been pulled into a sweeping new US trade action that could place an additional 12.5% tariff on Thai goods, after Washington accused dozens of trading partners of failing to stop products made with forced labour from moving through global
Key facts
- USTR said it had made Section 301 findings against 60 economies over failure to impose or effectively enforce bans on imports of goods made with forced labour.
- USTR then proposed extra duties on products from the investigated economies, with 10% for economies that already have a forced-labour import ban, reciprocal-trade commitments, or partial regimes, and 12.5% for “all other economies”.
- The proposed structure gives a lower 10% tariff to economies that already have a forced-labour import ban, have made commitments under reciprocal trade agreements, or have partial measures that block some forced-labour goods.
- Thailand is not listed in that 10% group
- Under the Federal Register notice, all other economies found to have failed to impose and effectively enforce a forced-labour import prohibition would face the higher 12.5% additional tariff, unless the final measure is changed after the
- The International Labour Organization estimates that 27.6 million people are in forced labour worldwide, with 63% of forced labour occurring in the private economy.
Summary
USTR said it had made Section 301 findings against 60 economies over failure to impose or effectively enforce bans on imports of goods made with forced labour.
Thailand is specifically named in USTR’s list of the 54 economies in that finding.