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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Australian exporters brace for immediate US tariffs on Trump’s ‘liberation day’

Murray Watt
The trade minister, Murray Watt, said on Wednesday morning the government had no information on which products would be subjected to the new tariffs, or at what rate. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

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 was expected to announce new global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but the details remained largely unknown.

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