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He considered it, and considered against it. There will be no exemptions.” ... America First steel ... If they want to be exempted, they should consider moving steel manufacturing here”.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told ABC News ... When questioned about the reason, she responded There were many country exemptions given, not just to Australia but to many other countries, and every single country abused those exemptions,
But due to the complexity of global supply chains, it's hard to predict precisely where the impact will be greatest, but the overall effect is going to be negative,
I'll be sorting out Australia's interests here,
I will leave it to the PM to speak about the ways in which he is going to engage with this subject over the last 24 hours,
she said on Seven’s Sunrise Tariffs and escalating trade tensions are a form of economic self-harm and a recipe for slower growth and higher inflation. They are paid by the consumers. This is why Australia will not be imposing reciprocal tariffs on the United States,
We’re going to tell them this is what’s on the table. Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking. And now it’ll be up to them to say yes or no,
What my prediction will be that President Xi will aim to be the exact opposite of Trump. Where Trump is chaotic, he will be consistent. Where Trump is rude and abusive, he’ll be respectful. Where Trump is erratic, he will be consistent,
This government just hasn’t done enough. … it’s bad news for Australian jobs, Australian industry,
He considered it, and he considered against it,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told this masthead It has been foreshadowed that no country regardless of its relationship with the United States has been granted an exemption. Such a decision by the Trump administration is entirely unjustified,
Our government has done absolutely everything possible to try to get us in the best situation,
O’Neil continued, describing it as a “new context” given no nation had been given tariff exemptions in Trump’s second administration And what that will do is build trust with countries, and there’ll be many countries who will, you know, looking at China on the one hand and Trump on the other, will find China a more attractive partner,
I think China will take advantage, massive advantage of Trump,
Why would our Country allow another Country to supply us with electricity, even for a small area? Who made these decisions, and why?”
Trump posted on his TruthSocial website We knew this was going to be a tough fight. The second Trump administration seems much more determined on this front than perhaps the first administration,
Butler told ABC’s News Breakfast Malcolm Turnbull, the former Prime Minister of Australia who was always leading that wonderful country from 'behind', never understood what was going on in China, nor did he have the capacity to do so,
Trump wrote on social media I always thought he was a weak and ineffective leader and, obviously, Australian’s (sic) agreed with me!!!
The government has been working hard at all levels to secure an exemption,
We have a never-say-die approach to these things. We’re still continuing those negotiations and discussions. That will continue till the very last moment,
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