Not tariffs, not quotas, but the basic question of how goods are produced and still make their way into global markets. Over the past few years, the US has been building this line step by step, from the expansion of the TVRPA List to stricter import controls, while countries like
Forced labor moves to the center of trade enforcement
The US is not opening a typical trade fight. By launching Section 301 investigations into 60 economies over forced labor, it is going after something that sits deeper.