Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her government plans to soon table a bill to boost Canada’s legal means to stop the import of products made by forced labour.
The announcement comes shortly after the Trump administration threatened a 10 percent blanket tariff related to the issue that would apply to 60 of its trading partners. In the case of Canada, the tariff would apply to all non-Canada–U.S.–Mexico (CUSMA) compliant goods entering the United States.
The U.S. trade representative cited Canada’s failure to do enough to stop importation of products made via forced labour as grounds for the tariff, saying the goods may have an unfair price advantage due to being made at a particularly low cost….