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Labor ‘engaging through officials’ on Trump tariffs
On Donald Trump and the impending imposition of tariffs for what the US president is calling “liberation day”, Albanese says his government has “been continuing to engage constructively with the US administration”.
We are putting Australia’s case. Tariffs are an increase in price for the purchases of the goods and services, so they impose increased costs on American buyers. They don’t change the price structure here in Australia. We believe in free and fair trade. The US enjoys a trade surplus with Australia. We are pointing that out very clearly.
What we are doing is engaging through officials. What happens at the leadership level consistently is that you have attempted to get an agreement. If we have an agreement, we will have a face-to-face or one-on-one.
