CTU president Sandra Grey said New Zealand still lagged behind other parts of the world in legislating against modern slavery but the investigation was a "bad faith project" by the US.

The EU and UK are among the economies targeted by a new US tariff proposal linked to forced labour imports, potentially reopening trade tensions just weeks after Brussels reached…

The Trump administration is proposing that tariffs of 10 percent or more be imposed on products from dozens of major trading partners following a probe into imports of goods…