USTR Seeks Comments on Fighting Forced Labor
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is soliciting comments on a strategy to combat forced labor, at Regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2022-0006. Although CBP is the primary agency responsible for preventing goods made with forced labor from reaching customers in the U.S., USTR is conducting an interagency review of existing trade policies and tools to combat forced labor, "to determine areas that may need strengthening and gaps that may need to be filled." Comments are due by Aug. 5.
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The agency is asking forced labor survivors, labor unions, civil society and the private sector:
- What actions could the U.S. government pursue with like-minded trade partners and allies to combat forced labor as an unfair trade practice?
- What new and innovative trade tools can the U.S. government develop and utilize to advance efforts to combat forced labor in traded goods and services?
- How can the U.S. government make the development of trade policy on forced labor a more inclusive process?
- Do you have additional recommendations for monitoring, tracing or eliminating forced labor in traded goods and services in supply chains?