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countries facing a 12.5% trade tariff from the Trump administration for allegedly failing to prevent imports of goods made by slave labour. The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, listed Australia among 54 economies that “failed
US Trade Department said on Tuesday all 60 countries had "failed both to impose a legal prohibition on the importation of goods produced wholly or in part with forced labor (forced labor goods
countries including the UK, EU and Australia over alleged forced labour failures, in the latest attempt to revive his signature trade policy. The EU immediately hit back, saying it expected the US to respect
countries, including trading partners from the UK and the EU to China, India and Australia, for allegedly trading in goods that used forced labor, a strategy allowed under section 301 of the Trade
tariff truce](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/02/china-us-trade-war-truce-donald-trump), reached last autumn after tensions threatened to erupt into a full-scale trade war. Trump has long complained about China’s trade surplus with the US, while Beijing has opposed
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