As nations are scrambling to find out if they are subject to the new tariffs imposed on Thursday by the Trump administration, for supposedly failing to crack down on forced labor, the US trade representative’s office has provided a list of nations or economic blocs supposedly guilty of a “Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor”.
According to a draft version of the Federal Register Notice:
double quotation mark On June 2, 2026, the Trade Representative determined that, in each of the 60 investigations, certain of the acts, polices, and practices of the economy at issue are actionable under sections 301(b) and 304(a) of the Trade Act. The Trade Representative also issued a comprehensive report, Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor (Report).Specifically, the Trade Representative determined that:
• The following 54 economies have failed to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor: Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; the Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Brazil; Cambodia; Chile; China, People’s Republic of; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Egypt; El Salvador; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Hong Kong, China; India; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Libya; Malaysia; Morocco; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Peru; the Philippines; Qatar; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; South Africa; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Switzerland; Taiwan; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Türkiye; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Uruguay; Venezuela; and Vietnam.
• The following six economies have failed to effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor: Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan.
Since there are 27 countries in the European Union, a total of 86 nations are subject to the new US tariffs which go into effect on Friday.
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27 countries. The real figures are likely much higher.
Forced Labor has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
86 nations is hard to ignore, no matter which side you are on.
Since there are 27 countries in the European Union, a total of 86 nations are subject to the new US tariffs which go into effect on Friday. Meanwhile since there are 27 countries in the European Union, a total of 86 nations are subject to the new US tariffs which go into effect on Friday.
Goods Produced is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
On one hand since there are 27 countries in the European Union, a total of 86 nations are subject to the new US tariffs which go into effect on Friday. But at the same time since there are 27 countries in the European Union, a total of 86 nations are subject to the new US tariffs which go into effect on Friday.