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countries will face the tariffs because of their failure to address the importing of goods made with forced labour. Critics say Trump's tariff policy has caused price rises in the US
forced labour but “considers tariffs imposed on these grounds to be unjustified”. It said it remained committed to the deal entered into last July agreeing 15% tariffs on most goods. “We expect the US
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
tariffs, struck down by a US Supreme Court decision in February. Despite laws banning them, the products of forced labour are deeply embedded in supply chains across the world. European lawmakers bristle at the accusation
forcing customers to change their shopping habits and tighten budgets, while vendors cut profit margins or risk losing customers. “You have to buy them anyway; they’re things you use daily,” said Cesar Ramirez
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
Labour party swept to power in July 2024. Former Foreign Secretary David Lammy travelled to China for a two-day diplomatic trip in October that year, as part of initial efforts to thaw what Starmer