International Development Cooperation

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Partnership not Punishment: Rethinking U.S. Forced Labor Tariffs on the Caribbean

By Alicia Nicholls - October 12, 2026

New U.S. forced-labor tariffs hit four Caribbean economies with no evidence that their exports used forced labor. Congress should press the USTR for clear compliance benchmarks and a transparent path to tariff relief.