USTR recommends steep tariffs, suspension of Nicaragua’s CAFTA-DR benefits

Citing concerns about labor and human rights violations and other “unreasonable” policies pursued by the Nicaraguan government, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is recommending steep new tariffs on goods from Nicaragua and the suspension of benefits provided to the country under the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement. In its report on an investigation into the country’s practices , which was opened by the Biden administration last year and conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of...