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.

Oh fuck, is it opposite day again already??

Because, in case anyone didn't know, the US is fucking RIFE with carceral slavery.

The US doesn't just fail to take sufficient and helpful action against the illegal kinds of slavery, it's also one of the chief ENSLAVERS in the world.

The US plans to slap the new tariff on dozens of countries for allegedly failing to "address the importation of goods made with forced labour".

I hope every country tariffs in return, citing how the US uses prison labor for all sorts of things and pays them so low it would take a full day to earn enough to buy a pack of ramen soup.

In some states, inmates may be paid as little as $0.12 per hour, a fraction of the minimum wage.

https://workerscomplawattorney.com/what-is-the-minimum-wage-in-prison/

Does this mean the US is going to stop paying prisoners pennies an hour for their work?

If you are from America you shouldn't talk so lightly about slavery and workforce exploitation.

Ironic that one of the worst "first world" countries for worker protections is accusing others of not preventing forced labor.

Every fucking day people are forced to work in the US, essentially slaves to the corporation. As a decision between work for a pittance or starve is no decision.

"And it just goes to show how the world's on its head when a left-wing Labor prime minister is trying to convince a right-wing Republican president that free trade is actually the right way to go," Mr Hockey said.

Trump's not really "right wing". He's an autocrat with zero political philosophy other than his instinct. Nothing is thought out and his policies are based on personal feelings rather than some idea about what is best for society.

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Let me out! LET ME OUTTTTTTT!!!

If you just read the headline, it sounds like Albanese must be pro-slavery.

Trump is correct that Australia hasn't done enough against slavery.

Australia still does a large amount of trade with the country with the most slaves in the world - the US.

An embargo should be placed on all goods manufactured, in whole or in part, through the US prison systems slave labour.

Australia also really hasn't done enough to stop fat orange paedos

The only reason it's an 'anti-slavery' tariff is because the supreme court shot down his completely arbitrary tariffs (probably because it's destroying their economy, they're on board with all the rest of his fuckery). He's trying an end run around them.

Gobsmackingly hypocritical given their prison system. Fuck 'em.

I encountered a different headline for this story earlier today and my first thought was that Australia was being tariffed because we are against slavery. Which seems more credible than the actual claim the US is making here.

Firstly, just a reminder that Trump had only ever had one friend, but he died in prison. No one ever asked him out for a bit of a yarn

Secondly we should introduce an anti dickhead tariff

And finally the upside to this is, let's wedge Pauline on this. Ask her to call Trump the dickhead that he truly is

Is anyone surprised that Trump has tried to lump us with tariffs again... Seriously, why do we even keep bothering to have any useful agreements with the USA while that orange haired oompa-loompa is in power...

And that idiot is expecting Aussies to want his stupid golf course (which, according to his logic, would also be built using slave labour)?

I wouldn't necessarily be against such a tarrif for the right goods and/or services from countries, but an entire country? And Australia at that? What the hell?