India has requested the US to reconsider the proposal to impose a 12.5 per cent tariff on India for allegedly failing to prohibit the import of goods produced with forced labour, and has expressed its willingness to engage with the US Trade Representative through dialogues to address any specific concerns.
In its response to the report in Section 301 investigations of the acts, policies, and practices of various economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labour, India has stated that the USTR has neither identified nor engaged with the discrete elements of Section 301 of the Act for any country, including India, that directly amounts to an unreasonable Act, policy or practice.
