Submission to the Consultation on the Operation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)

October 31, 2024

As the government of Canada, prepares for the first joint review of CUSMA in 2026 and priorities for work being undertaken in 2025, the Coalition strongly encourages the government of Canada to strengthen its efforts to prohibit the import of forced labour-made goods on the whole and implement mechanisms that more effectively address products made with state-imposed forced labour.

This submission outlines two actions that are key to
addressing state-imposed forced labour: a) establishing a rebuttable presumption that products made in part or in whole in the Uyghur Region are made with forced labour, and b) regional and sector-specific forced labour import bans in cases of state-imposed forced labour.

Read the full submission here.

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