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
Record date: 2026-07-28
( printed page 47717) Memorandum of July 23, 2026 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 On March 12, 2026, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) initiated investigations under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2026-15274
- Publication date
- 2026-07-28
- Citation
- 91 FR 47717
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
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( printed page 47717) Memorandum of July 23, 2026 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 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. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Argentina 4. Australia 5. The Bahamas 6. Bahrain 7. Bangladesh 8. Brazil 9. Cambodia 10. Canada 11. Chile 12. China, People's Republic of 13. Colombia 14. Costa Rica 15. Dominican Republic 16. Ecuador 17. Egypt 18. El Salvador 19. European Union 20. Guatemala 21. Guyana 22. Honduras 23. Hong Kong, China 24. India ( printed page 47718) 25. Indonesia 26. Iraq 27. Israel 28. Japan 29. Jordan 30. Kazakhstan 31. Kuwait 32. Libya 33. Malaysia 34. Mexico 35. Morocco 36. New Zealand 37. Nicaragua 38. Nigeria 39. Norway 40. Oman 41. Pakistan 42. Peru 43. Philippines 44. Qatar 45. Russia 46. Saudi Arabia 47. Singapore 48. South Africa 49. South Korea 50. Sri Lanka 51. Switzerland 52. Taiwan 53. Thailand 54. Trinidad and Tobago 55. Türkiye 56. United Arab Emirates 57. United Kingdom 58. Uruguay 59. Venezuela 60. 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 ( printed page 47719) of the actionable acts, policies, and practices in each investigation, the Trade Representative proposed section 301 tariffs. The Trade Representative proposed tariffs of 10 percent ad valorem on goods of economies that: impose a forced labor import prohibition but do not yet effectively enforce it (Canada, Ecuador, the European Union, Indonesia, Mexico, and Pakistan); have undertaken commitments in their respective Agreements on Reciprocal Trade regarding forced labor import prohibitions (Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Taiwan); or have imposed a partial regime with the effect of preventing the importation of certain forced labor goods (the United Kingdom). For all other economies whose failure to impose forced labor import prohibitions the Trade Representative has found actionable under section 301, the Trade Representative proposed section 301 tariffs of 12.5 percent ad valorem. In addition, the Trade Representative proposed to establish a textile mechanism that would allow a certain volume of apparel and textile imports to enter the United States at a zero section 301 tariff rate. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) invited comments by interested persons on these proposed actions and convened public hearings on July 7, 8, and 9, 2026. USTR received over 1,600 written comments and testimony from over 100 witnesses at the hearings. The Trade Representative has informed me of the substance of significant comments on the proposed actions in each investigation and provided me his advice on appropriate actions, including tariffs of various rates, exemptions for certain products, and tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for specific types of products for certain economies. For example, the Trade Representative advised me that after considering the comments and testimony received, certain products warrant exemption from
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