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The Times Of Central Asia | Eurasian Publication & News Online [Unofficial]ILO Urges Turkmenistan to Abolish Cotton Quota System
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The Times of Central AsiaThe ILO says child labor reports rose during Turkmenistan’s 2025 cotton harvest despite some improvements in working conditions https://ow.ly/1ZMV50Z8WEK #Turkmenistan #Cotton #ChildLabor #ForcedLabor #HumanRights
ILO Reports Rise in Child Labo...
ILO Reports Rise in Child Labo...
The Times of Central AsiaThe ILO says child labor reports rose during Turkmenistan’s 2025 cotton harvest despite some improvements in working conditions https://timesca.com/ilo-reports-rise-in-child-labor-in-turkmenistans-cotton-fields/ #Turkmenistan #Cotton #ChildLabor #ForcedLabor #HumanRights
CBC WorldForced labor? How the U.S. found a brand new rationale for tariffs | About That
The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than 60 countries to penalize them for importing products that use forced labour. Andrew Chang explains how these 'stealth tariffs' may be a new way for the United States to merge a contested economic agenda with moral policy.
(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7225710?cmp=rss
The Japan TimesU.S. President Donald Trump's threat to slap new tariffs on trade partners the U.S. accuses of failing to crack down on forced labor will do little to fight modern slavery — and could even make things worse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/06/world/politics/trump-tariffs-forced-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #globaleconomy #forcedlabor #childlabor #humanrights #slavery
CBC Top StoriesForced labor? How the U.S. found a brand new rationale for tariffs | About That
The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on more than 60 countries to penalize them for importing products that use forced labour. Andrew Chang explains how these 'stealth tariffs' may be a new way for the United States to merge a contested economic agenda with moral policy.
(Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7225710?cmp=rss
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"President Trump places new tariff threat on 60 trade partners
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published a 'comprehensive report' detailing its accusations as it proposes tariffs on 'all products of the investigated economies'.
The ruling covers a wide range of goods including apparel, footwear and textiles.
A total of 60 countries are accused of failing to enforce laws that prohibit goods made with forced labour, including trading partners such as China, Vietnam, Mexico, India, the UK, Canada and the European Union.
The USTR says the listed countries' 'failure to impose and effectively enforce' rules on forced labour is creating 'unfair competition' for US commerce.
The update follows shortly after the import taxes announced by President Trump in February 2026 were struck down by the US Supreme Court.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer commented: “The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labour is unacceptable. This creates a dynamic where American workers are forced to compete globally on an uneven playing field."
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