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Trump could slap Australia with 12.5% tariff for allegedly importing goods made by slave labour

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

US announces new tariffs over forced labour concerns

listed – including the UK, the EU, Canada, and Japan – account for almost all of the goods sold to the US. The US Trade Department said these countries will face the tariffs because of their failure

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.

face Lee, who has the backing of Trump and the NRCC — [was once skeptical](https://x.com/MartyTheElder/status/1949915442405142909) of tariffs, but now says he [“fully support(s)”](https://x.com/MartyTheElder/status/2024924916588708180?s=20) the president’s trade policy

Trump heads to China for state visit. And, how the war in Iran has affected inflation

country. 

The tariff refund process has begun for businesses. What about customers?

Trump's tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x3840+960+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2F2b%2F47269ea54e9cb338f39b0c75f40c%2Facecpb-3.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5786635/tariff-refunds-customs-ace-portal) ### [Business](https://www.npr.org/sections/business/) ### [Businesses race to apply for tariff refunds](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5786635/tariff-refunds-customs-ace-portal) When U.S Customs launched its [online portal

The rising cost of fertilizer and fuel prices is pushing some farmers to the brink

countries' retaliatory measures that followed have gutted the export markets Delta farmers depend on, leading to major losses for small farmers like Taylor who is now also grappling with rising costs caused

Mexico’s cartel crackdown hits top ranks – but will it fuel Jalisco violence?

Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) has piled pressure on Mexico to do still more, threatening tariffs and unilateral military action, the government has increasingly turned to the old method of targeting kingpins – even if it remains

A decade on, Trump will return to a stronger and more assertive China

face. Back in 2017, China was trying to prove it was on an equal footing to the US, says Ali Wyne, senior research and advocacy adviser for US-China relations at International Crisis Group

US cites forced labour concerns as grounds for new tariffs

countries that it investigated. These include China, India, Nigeria, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand. “The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labour

How China critics in Maga movement reacted to Trump's Beijing trip

country," he told a crowd in Fort Wayne. "We have the cards. Don't forget it." The ferocious anti-China rhetoric didn't let up - through a decade of rallies, his 2024 campaign and into

What people in power think the impact of the Iran war will be

tariff war, had a different take. "Geography doesn't change. People don't change that much either, so that is going to be a risk in terms of world energy that we'll have

The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas

Trump aims to bring factory jobs back to the US with tariffs, highlights just how essential and competitive Chinese supply chains have become for manufacturing. The rise of Anta - which means "safe steps

Monday briefing: Everything we know about the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

tariff threats from Donald Trump. 4. ***Middle East*** | Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US [faded further on Sunday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/no-headway-in-middle-east-peace-efforts-as-us-and-iran-refuse-to-yield), amid a deepening sense of a deadlock