Reaction to US imposing new tariffs on 60 trading partners

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF KAJA KALLAS "You can't say that for the European Union," Kallas told Reuters on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in Manila.
42% : " AUSTRALIAN TRADE MINISTER DON FARRELL Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said the imposition of new tariffs by the United States was "completely unjustified" and that he would continue ⁠to "argue very strongly" for U.S. trade officials to remove all duties on Australian goods.
41% : GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL "Lacking a legal basis under domestic law to support its protectionist trade policy, the U.S. Trade Representative chose to manipulate an issue of great importance to human rights and workers' rights movement," Brazil's government said in a statement, describing the tariffs as arbitrary and unjustified.
28% : The Trump administration on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the European Union and China, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired.

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