Pakistan, July 26 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government will continue pressing the United States to remove newly imposed tariffs, confirming he intends to raise the issue directly with President Donald Trump. The comments came after Washington introduced fresh tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners, including Australia. Canberra has described the measures as unjustified and says it will pursue their removal through ongoing diplomatic engagement.

The United States announced new tariffs on goods from 60 trading partners after alleging that those countries had failed to adequately prevent trade involving products made through forced labour. The measures took effect as a temporary 10% global tariff exp...