OTTAWA — Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour.

President Donald Trump's administration has announced new tariffs on dozens of countries over concerns they are not doing enough to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering global supply

Pakistan, June 4 -- The US Trade Representative has proposed new duties targeting 60 economies, including Pakistan and India, for alleged failures to act against forced labour, as the Trump administration seeks to rebuild its tariff agenda following legal setbacks.

The country's Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is also a major U.S. federal law that took effect in June 2022. Its primary goal is to ensure that goods made with state-sponsored forced labour of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region (XUAR) do not enter the U.S. market.

U.S. law bans goods made with forced labor, but the practice continues worldwide. The government is increasing enforcement, and companies risk lawsuits if they benefit from or unknowingly use forced labor.