The planned new tariff is to be slapped on dozens of countries that have allegedly failed to take action to prevent slavery and forced labour.

The United States is planning to impose a 12.5 per cent tariff on goods from Australia, alleging the country has failed to take action to prevent slavery and forced labour.

Anthony Albanese says any tariff on Australian exports to the US is “unjustified and inconsistent” with the free trade agreements between the two allies.

Former Australian ambassador to the US Joe Hockey says Donald Trump is convinced that tariffs are beneficial to the US.

  • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    There are more slaves today than at anytime in history. 50 million to be precise. If you want to add underemployed to this as well (often referred to as wage slaves) that would be closer to 550 million.

    We are slaves to capitalism on a planet that is dying from pollution. We won’t stop or even recognize we have lost around a billion lives to pollution in the last 50 years.