President Trump’s newly announced global tariff has drawn rebukes from U.S. trading partners, who have rejected the forced-labor rationale used to justify the measure, according to CNBC.

At the center of the dispute is the reasoning behind the tariff. The Trump administration has tied the new levy to concerns about forced labor, but trading partners have pushed back against that explanation, according to CNBC’s reporting.

Despite their objections, most trading partners signaled that they plan to continue negotiating with Washington rather than escalate the confrontation, CNBC reported. That approach suggests governments are seeking to resolve the disagreement through talks even as they contest the stated basis for the tariff.

The response reflects a familiar pattern in trade disputes, in which affected countries voice strong disagreement with the justification for new measures while keeping diplomatic channels open. The willingness to keep negotiating indicates partners are weighing their broader economic relationships with the United States.

As of the reporting, the specific details of the tariff’s scope and the individual responses of each trading partner were not detailed in the available source material. Further developments are likely as negotiations continue.