Request for Comments: Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor

On July 6, 2022, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative published in the Federal Register (87 FR 40332) Request for Comments: Trade Strategy to Combat Forced Labor. The deadline for the submissionof written comments is August 5, 2022.

USTR invites interested parties to submit comments to assist in the development of the forced labor trade strategy. In submitting comments, parties are invited to consider the following questions.

• What actions could the U.S. Government pursue with like-minded trade partners and allies to combat forced labor as an unfair trade practice?
• How can the U.S. Government bolster the forced labor components of trade agreements and trade preference programs to have greater effect?
• What new and innovative trade tools can the U.S. Government develop and utilize to advance efforts to combat forced labor in traded goods and services?
• How can the U.S. Government make the development of trade policy on forced labor a more inclusive process?
• Do you have additional recommendations for monitoring, tracing, or eliminating forced labor in traded goods and services in supply chains?