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Jamieson Greer: “It covers 60 countries, 60 and about 99% of our trade.”

Featuring: Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative | National

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Ambassador, though, the FTSE reports that this would be much broader than just just a small number of countries, that this would be a significant expansion. Is that not Well, It covers 60 countries, 60 and about 99% of our trade. And that actually illustrates the scale of the problem we're facing. For years, again, the United States has had on the books this law where we prohibit the import of goods made in whole or in part with forced labor and we enforce it rigorous. (13:50–13:56)

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Asserts that the forced labor investigation covers 60 countries and 99% of U.S. trade.

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