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WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed new tariffs on imports from Pakistan and 59 other trading partners over what Washington says is their failure to effectively prohibit imports of goods produced with forced labour, marking the latest use of US trade powers to reshape global supply chains.
The measures, announced by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday, took effect on Friday, the same day temporary Section 122 tariffs introduced earlier expired.
Pakistan has been placed in the lower 10 per cent tariff category, alongside countries that have either adopted forced labour import prohibitions, committed to doing so under reciprocal trade arrangements, or have partial enforcement regimes. India and Bangladesh have also been assigned the 10pc rate.
Other countries in the same category include Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Jordan, the United Kingdom, Argentina and several Latin American nations.
