So the Trump administration is levying tariffs against nations that don't do enough to stop forced labour. Does that mean Canada shouldn't buy anything from the USA? After all, slavery is still part of the US economy--.
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It's misleading to have a bar chart include people who wouldn't be forced to work when the title says it's a chart of people who could be forced to work.
Repeat after me: 'All charts are an approximation---especially ones that shows data reported from different nations, which often use different criteria. For macro political and economic issues, the point is gross relative difference--not the fine details.'
Source literacy matters.