The U.S. Trade Representative Office opened sweeping Section 301 investigations into 60 countries over their failures to ban the importation of goods produced with forced labor. Under the Trade Act, Section 301(b) targets unfair trade practices from abroad that are deemed unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or otherwise restrict U.

China's Foreign Ministry criticized the Trump administration's trade investigation as a "pretext" for tariffs. Meanwhile, China is moving ahead with a five-year plan that may rankle trade partners.

The European Commission dismissed new US trade investigations as unjustified, as uncertainty keeps growing over the EU–US trade deal struck in the summer of 2025. View on euronews

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said late on Thursday it had begun a second set of Section 301 unfair trade practices probes of 60 economies in relation to what it called failures to take action on forced labor.

The forced-labor probes follow Section 301 investigations launched on Wednesday, targeting excess industrial capacity across more than a dozen economies.

A trade investigation focuses on the European Union, China, India and other countries and will likely lead to tariffs to replace those struck down by the Supreme Court.

Michigan, reintroduced his bipartisan Self-Initiation Trade Enforcement Act to support small and medium-sized businesses in Michigan that are negatively impacted by unfair trade practices from foreign competitors.

Sidley Austin announced the arrival of Maura Rezendes, previously of A&O Shearman, to its global arbitration, trade and advocacy group in Washington, D.C. Whether sanctions are being stiffened or relaxed, Rezendes said she sees demand in her practice ...