BURSTAustralian government ministers still in the dark on tariffs as White House dangles hope of ‘good negotiation’ with president
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Australian exporters will be hit with US tariffs immediately on Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “Liberation Day”, but the White House has left the door open to “good negotiation” to have them rolled back or amended.
The US president is expected to announce new global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but the details remain largely unknown.
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