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Andrew Brown and Dominic Giannini

Minister heads to US for talks as tariff hike looms

Australian exporters are on alert after Donald Trump flagged a 15 per cent lift in global tariffs. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Trade Minister Don Farrell will return to the US to press the case for the removal of American tariffs, after President Donald Trump instituted a fresh round of the economic measures.

Mr Trump has flagged a lift in global tariffs to 15 per cent, after the country's Supreme Court found existing measures for a 10 per cent tariff unlawful.

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