U.S. targets India with forced labour tariff amid talks on trade pact
NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) – The United States has proposed an additional tariff of 12.5% on imports from India, saying it is among 60 economies that failed to curb imports made with forced labour, a step that threatens to complicate two-way trade talks underway in New Delhi. The proposal by the U.S. Trade Representative’s office came on the second of three days of talks between Indian trade officials and a U.S. delegation led by Assistant USTR Brendan Lynch. India “has failed to impose and effectively enforce a forced labour import prohibition,” the office said in a 92-page report on