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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney and agencies

‘Forced labour’ rationale for Trump tariffs met with bewilderment

Donald Trump speaks with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney at a G7 meeting in France last month.
Donald Trump speaking with the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, at a G7 meeting in France last month. Canada is among the countries hit with a new wave of US tariffs. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Reuters/AP

Donald Trump has once again inspired anger and confusion in US allies and trading partners as he imposed a wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries, replacing an expiring global duty introduced earlier this year.

The new measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs that Trump imposed in February. The US supreme court ruled many of those were illegal. The new levies come in at between 10% and 12.5% on countries including the UK, Mexico, Canada, Australia, India, China and the 27 countries that make up the EU.

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