President Donald Trump is moving forward with fresh double-digit tariffs on dozens of US trading partners, with the clock ticking down Friday on interim levies he imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court. Among America’s trading allies, China and Japan took issue with Trump’s new tariff rises Friday, with Australia’s trade minister calling them “totally unwarranted.
The administration said late Thursday it would impose further duties of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies, citing insufficient enforcement of bans on commodities produced with forced labor. Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell dismissed suggestions that Australia, a major supplier of meat, gold and copper, was linked to modern slavery.“We believe that Australia does take the issue of slavery, modern slavery, seriously amongst all of the countries in the world and will continue to do that,” Farrell told reporters in Adelaide.
Japan also grumbled about the 12.5% levy on its exports, saying the Trump administration had guaranteed Tokyo there would be no further duties beyond the earlier deal on the 10% US import duty.
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