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Andrew Brown

Trump steel deal could fire up housing sector boost

Anthony Albanese has visited a steelworks in Illawarra to spruik the domestic industry. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A deal with Donald Trump could deliver a win for Australia's construction sector, a peak industry body says.

Australian officials have been working to carve out an exemption from the US president's 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, due to take effect in March.

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