Sri Lanka, July 9 -- Sri Lanka is planning fresh engagements with the United States (U.S.) in a bid to avert new tariffs linked to child or forced labour, with the country's export authorities seeking to demonstrate that it deals with the possible import of raw materials or intermediary goods tainted with such concerns for export industries, an official said.

The U.S. administration recently proposed imposing additional duties of 10% or 12.5% on imports from 60 countries, including Sri Lanka, after determining that they had failed to curb trade in goods produced with forced labour.

The announcement comes ahead of the July 24 expiry of a temporary 10% tariff imposed by the U.S. government on February 20, the same day the U.S. Supreme Co...