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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. Trade Representative has proposed slapping 12.5% additional duties on 54 countries, including India, for failing to prohibit the import of goods produced with forced labour. The action follows investigations launched against 60 countries over what the USTR described as their failure to…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said late on Thursday (March 12, 2026) it had begun Section 301 unfair trade practices probes of 60 economies in relation to what it called failures to take action on forced labour. President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to rebuild…
The UN experts said in a joint statement that forced labour was being enabled through a State-mandated “poverty alleviation through labour transfer” programme. File | Photo Credit: Getty Image/iStockphoto Beijing dismissed on Friday (January 23, 2026) concerns from United Nations experts over the scale and severity of allegations of forced labour affecting minority groups in…
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The Government of the United Kingdom has recruited 200 additional Home Office staff to clear a backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases left by the last government. The cases could be “eliminated” within two years, according to an official statement. This step will be giving thousands of women, men, and children who may have suffered…
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