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Forced labor import bans are increasingly viewed as an important regularity mechanism to address labor standards in global supply chains. However, there is little information on how these import controls affect the workers who produce the impacted goods or how they interact with other initiatives addressing labor exploitation, such as Worker-Driven Social Responsibility agreements. This brief examines interactions between the Dindigul Agreement and a U.S. forced labor import ban to illustrate some shortcomings in the current design and operation of such trade policies.
