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William Ton, Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou

Old tactics to be used in trade negotiations with Trump

Anthony Albanese is confident of Australia's trade ties with the US under the Trump presidency. (Albert Perez/AAP PHOTOS)

Anthony Albanese has indicated he will use former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's argument Donald Trump shouldn''t impose tariffs on the nation's exports because the US has a trade surplus with Australia. 

The election of Mr Trump has sent reverberations around diplomatic circles with concerns his protectionist, America-first trade policies and import tariffs could skim tens of billions of dollars off the Australian economy. 

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