US trade court panel draws mixed reaction to forced labor hearing
By Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk ( October 7, 2026, 18:52 GMT | Comment) -- The US Court of International Trade's late-September hearing to consider the Trump administration's global tariffs over alleged forced labor has drawn mixed reactions, but raised the possibility that the judicial panel will allow the federal government to redo the investigation. The hearing in New York also drew the possibility that the judicial panel will overturn the forced labor investigation but allow the US Trade Representative to redo the report to conform with legal requirements under the Trade Act of 1974.The US Court of International Trade's late-September hearing to consider the Trump administration's global tariffs related to alleged forced labor has drawn mixed reactions, but raised the possibility that the judicial panel will allow the federal government to redo the investigation....
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