Donald Trump has given his strongest hint yet that Australia will be exempt from US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
The US will impose a 25% tariff on foreign steel and a 10% tariff on foreign aluminium imports, the president announced at a media conference at the White House on Thursday.
Trump, who was flanked by steel workers as he made his announcement, said Canada and Mexico will be exempt from the tariffs and allowed a 15-day negotiation period for countries such as Australia to win similar treatment.
Earlier in the day he made strong hints that Australia would be given special consideration. “We’re are going to be very fair, we’re going to be very flexible, but we’re going to protect the American worker,” he said before a cabinet meeting in Washington.
Source :- theguardian
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