Donald Trump, Steel and doubling the levee
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Donald Trump doesn’t like taking no for an answer. So really it comes as no surprise that, within minutes of three American judges blocking his tariffs from taking effect this week, he hit back with an appeal and questioned their authority.
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US tariffs on Australia 'not what you do to a friend'Australia has been urged to assertively lobby Donald Trump against a plan to hike tariffs on steel imports, as Labor aims to maintain a calm approach.
Donald Trump has claimed the tariff rate on steel will double to 50 per cent, drawing the ire of the Australian government. The US President blurted out the latest development in his trade war at a steel mill rally in Pennsylvania,
The US tariffs come amid a global oversupply of steel, with the OECD warning capacity will expand by 7 per cent by 2027, much of it in China.
China hits back at Trump official Pete Hegseth for ‘sabre-rattling and fear-mongering’ - China says US defence secretary’s remarks at Shangri-La Dialogue were ‘intended to sow division’
The decision blocking US President Donald Trump's country-based tariffs stands to benefit Australia's economy in three key ways.
Even US president Ronald Reagan finds it bewildering. “It is inconceivable to me,” he says, “that the great nations of the world will sit here, like people facing themselves across a table, each with a cocked gun,
Australia’s deputy prime minister said the national government has consistently opposed Chinese ownership of the Port of Darwin and isn’t under added pressure from the Trump administration to find a new buyer for the facility that is under increased scrutiny in Canberra.
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