US approach to forced labour tariffs inconsistent, exempts 1,600 items it needs: India

India has flagged inconsistencies in the US approach to tariffs at a public hearing on the US Trade Representative's (USTR) proposal to impose levies on goods linked to forced labour. Brij Mohan Mishra, Joint Secretary in the Commerce Ministry, told a USTR panel that the US exempts 1,600 goods that cannot be produced or grown domestically from forced labour scrutiny.