00:00The United States announced extra tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies late Thursday,
00:08saying the countries had failed to adequately enforce a ban on goods made with forced labor.
00:14The new tariffs took effect just as top-gap levies Trump imposed after a stinging defeat at the Supreme Court
00:21expired at 12 or 1 a.m. Friday.
00:24Among African countries included is South Africa, which has been placed in the highest tariff tier with a 12.5
00:32% duty on its exports to the U.S.
00:36The U.S. President Trump had turned to those temporary levies after the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and
00:42boldest tariffs in February.
00:44Several countries have protested the hike, saying it is unjustifiable.
00:49Australia believes the higher tariffs are completely unjustifiable and will continue to lobby the United States trade representative to remove
00:56all tariffs on Australian goods.
