Trade Investigations: Forced Labor Goods

Trump initiates investigations into 60 economies over failure to ban forced labor goods imports.

[Actions by the United States in the Investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the Acts, Policies, and Practices of 60 Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor] MEMORANDUM FOR THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Subject: Actions by the United States in the Investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the Acts, Policies, and Practices of 60 Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) initiated investigations under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2411) (section 301), into the acts, policies, and practices of 60 economies to examine whether any of the economies subject to these investigations fail to prohibit or to effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced wholly or in part with forced labor and whether the failure is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce.  91 Fed. Reg. 12884 (Initiation of Section 301 Investigations).  The economies subject to these investigations are: 1.   Algeria2.   Angola3.   Argentina4.   Australia5.   The Bahamas6.   Bahrain7.   Bangladesh8.   Brazil9.   Cambodia10.  Canada11.  Chile12.  China, People’s Republic of 13.  Colombia14.  Costa Rica15.  Dominican Republic16.  Ecuador17.  Egypt18.  El Salvador19.  European Union20.  Guatemala21.  Guyana22.  Honduras23.  Hong Kong, China 24.  India25.  Indonesia26.  Iraq27.  Israel28.  Japan29.  Jordan30.  Kazakhstan31.  Kuwait32.  Libya33.  Malaysia34.  Mexico35.  Morocco36.  New Zealand37.  Nicaragua38.  Nigeria39.  Norway40.  Oman41.  Pakistan42.  Peru43.  Philippines44.  Qatar45.  Russia46.  Saudi Arabia47.  Singapore48.  South Africa49.  South Korea50.  Sri Lanka51.  Switzerland52.  Taiwan53.  Thailand54.  Trinidad and Tobago55.  Türkiye56.  United Arab Emirates57.  United Kingdom58.  Uruguay59.  Venezuela60.  Vietnam  On June 2, 2026, the Trade Representative determined that the acts, policies, and practices of each of these economies are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce and thus are actionable under section 301(b)(1) (19 U.S.C. 2411(b)(1)) (Notice of Determinations: 2026-11296; 91 Fed. Reg. 34272) (Notice of Determinations). As a result of these determinations, the Trade Representative proposed to determine in each investigation that action is appropriate under section 301 to obtain the elimination of the actionable acts, policies, and practices, including imposing ad valorem tariffs on all goods of each investigated economy, with exemptions for certain goods.  To obtain the elimination of the actionable acts, policies, and practices in each investigat