The US has announced new tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% on dozens of countries including the UK over what it claims are concerns over forced labour.
According to the US Trade Department, 60 trading partners - including the UK, the EU, Canada, China, India and Japan - are being hit with tariffs because of their failure to address the importing of goods made using forced labour.
The BBC reports the UK said it is tackling forced labour, China denied goods are made with forced labour, and the EU said the tariffs were unjustified.
The US argues that trading with countries which buy goods made with forced labour puts the US at a disadvantage.
The 10% tariff will be applied to good imported from Canada, the EU, Britain, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, while the other countries listed, including China and India, will face 12.5% levies.
A UK government spokesperson told the BBC: "We're tackling forced labour in the UK and in global supply chains to ensure UK businesses are not complicit in forced labour and human rights violations.
"We continue to engage regularly with the US administration as part of our negotiations, and have made clear the actions we're taking."
Reacting to the announcement of new US tariffs under section 301 of the Trade Act 1974, William Bain, Head of Trade Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "It is no surprise that the US is taking action, before its temporary section 122 measures expire, to make its broad 10% tariff on most imports more permanent.
“The good news is that the findings indicate that the UK may not face a rise in the overall tariff rates on its goods entering the US.
“But in many sectors, the comparative advantage the UK had over other countries has been eroded since the US Supreme Court overturned the original tariff authority in February.
“The priority must now be ensuring the fine print of these new tariffs in July does not lead to higher costs or loss of trade for the 40,000 UK companies who export goods to the US.
“We would urge both governments to continue negotiations to reach this outcome.
“The longer-term aim must be full implementation of the Economy Prosperity Deal and the Technology Prosperity Deal that the UK agreed with the US last year. This would deliver tariff reductions, enhanced investment opportunities and improved services and digital trade terms between our countries."