After ‘Unfair Trade Practices’, US Starts Probe Into India, Others For ‘Forced Labour’

The United States on Friday initiated a fresh probe into 60 trading partners including India for alleged use of “forced labour” for production of goods, as the Trump administration intensify steps to create trade barriers after legal setback on tariffs. The US Trade Representative has invoked Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, to determine whether acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict US commerce, according to statement. Section…