Australia says US steel tariffs 'entirely unjustified'

Australia says US steel tariffs 'entirely unjustified'

Washington's looming tariffs on steel and aluminium are "entirely unjustified", Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday after failing to secure a last-minute exemption. "This is not a friendly act," Albanese told reporters, after the White House dashed hopes that Australia would be excluded from blanket 25 percent levies on steel and aluminium. "Quite clearly it is not a...

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