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Kat Wong

Trump threatens Aussie medicines with bitter tax pill

Large tariffs on pharmaceuticals may threaten one of Australia's biggest exports to America. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Donald Trump's proposal to impose triple-digit tariffs on one of Australia's biggest US exports has raised alarms, but many question whether he will ever follow through.

The US president has laid out plans to impose 200 per cent tariffs on drug imports in a year's time, threatening Australia's third-most significant export to America as he expands his trade war.

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