Hyderabad, June 3 -- The United States has named India among 54 economies it says have failed to prohibit imports of goods produced using forced labour, proposing additional duties of up to 12.5 per cent, even as trade officials from both countries are meeting in New Delhi to advance a bilateral trade agreement.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released findings from 60 investigations conducted under Section 301 of the US Trade Act of 1974. India figures in a list of economies that, Washington says, lack adequate measures to prevent the entry of goods made through forced labour.

What the USTR proposed

Under the proposal, countries that already ban such imports, or have committed to doing so under a reciprocal...