Some government sources anticipate tariffs of up to 20% across all exports to the US in broad-brush regime
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Australia will consider taking its ally America to the World Trade Organization (WTO) if it is targeted in the Trump administration’s “liberation day” tariff regime, to be imposed from Thursday.
The US president was expected to announce a new round of global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but which countries and goods will be targeted remain largely unknown.
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