LONDON — United States President Donald Trump’s threat to slap new tariffs on trade partners the US accuses of failing to crack down on forced labor will do little to fight modern slavery and could even make things worse, experts, business groups and some human rights groups say.
In its latest trade salvo, the Trump administration proposed additional duties of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on imports from 60 countries for failing to curb trade in goods made with forced labor, an assertion that US trading partners rejected.
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