(June 8, 2026 | Washington, DC) On June 2nd, the US government announced the completion of the Section 301 investigation, imposing a 10% tariff on economies that have imposed full or partial forced labor import bans or have committed to doing so, and a 12.5% tariff on all others.

Although ICAR welcomes the U.S. government leveraging its trade authority to pressure states into taking more concrete action to combat forced labor, a blanket tariff applied across all investigated economies is not the correct approach.

For our Thirteenth Annual Meeting, ICAR came together for an in-person convening on May 7th & 8th, 2025. While the ICAR Annual Meeting is typically an internally facing meeting for and by civil society organizations, in the spirit of making information accessible to the broader community, we’d like to make the following resources publicly available.

On October 30th, ICAR, Humanity United Action, and the Human Trafficking Legal Center (HTLC) submitted a comment to the U.S. Trade Representative in response to the request for comments on significant foreign trade barriers for the 2026 National Trade Estimate Report.

This brief argues that as the FAR Council aims to bring the Federal Acquisition Regulation more in line with the administration’s priorities it must ensure that provisions like the human trafficking and forced child labor prohibitions remain in the FAR in order to protect law-abiding U.S. businesses from unfair competition, secure U.S. supply chains, and ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars are not funding egregious abuses around the world.

ICAR launches DefendILAB.com, an online clearinghouse for information about the impact of the Trump Administration’s attacks on The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) and its programs to advance strong labor standards and fair working conditions worldwide. It will also serve as an advocacy hub to fight back.

ICAR is pleased to share a new Just Security article published today entitled "American Businesses Still Face International Human Rights Obligations, Even as Oversight Diminishes at Home" written by our Legal & Policy Director Nicole Vander Meulen.

For our Thirteenth Annual Meeting, ICAR came together for an in-person convening on May 7th & 8th, 2025. While the ICAR Annual Meeting is typically an internally facing meeting for and by civil society organizations, in the spirit of making information accessible to the broader community, we’d like to make the following resources publicly available.

ICAR Strongly Condemns President Trump’s Decision to Eliminate Funding to Combat Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Trafficking

New ICAR & CSIS Report Highlights How the U.S. Can Improve Government Coordination for a More Rights-Based Approach to Supply Chain Transparency.

ICAR calls for proposed plans to cut the DOJ’s public corruption unit to be abandoned, and for the unit to continue to serve the purpose of combating corruption.

On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), citing interests in “American economic competitiveness” and “national security.” ICAR strongly condemns this action.

Letters Call for Action on Second Anniversary of Forced Disappearance of Human Rights Defenders Ricardo Lagunes Gasca and Antonio Diaz Valencia.

On Thursday, November 14, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced an Action Plan for enhancing the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). The Action Plan provides a comprehensive set of goals and actions, including actions that would incorporate labor rights considerations into SIMP.

ICAR publishes policy brief with detailed argument for why the United States needs to adopt an FCPA for Human Rights.

ICAR is pleased to share our full assessment of the 2024 United States National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.

Two inter-linked phenomena have primarily defined the modern global economy: the concentration of enormous market power into a few corporations, and the increasing reliance on fragmented and opaque supply chains.

For our Twelfth Annual Meeting, ICAR came together for an in-person convening on May 8th & 9th, 2024. While the ICAR Annual Meeting is typically an internally facing meeting for and by civil society organizations, in the spirit of making information accessible to the broader community, we’d like to make the following resources publicly available.

On March 22, the Biden Administration released the 2024 United States Government National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (NAP). ICAR’s initial assessment finds that while it has limitations, the 2024 NAP represents a significant improvement from the 2016 NAP, and overall, it reflects a clear commitment to use the levers of governmental power to drive business respect for human rights.

Ahead of the European Union vote on whether to adopt the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), ICAR, joined by 69 other partner organizations around the world, sent letters urging European countries to vote in favor of a strong due diligence directive.

The Corporate Accountability Agenda is a document that aims to bring together the interconnected lines of work taking place across the corporate accountability movement into a unified narrative that addresses the need to both dismantle systems of corporate power and enact legal safeguards against abuse.