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USTR initiates Section 301 forced labor probe

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Not another probe. On March 12, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) launched a new Section 301 probe against 60 countries, including China, to determine if they had failed to prevent the import of products made with forced labor. ICYMI: Just a day prior, the USTR initiated a Section 301...