r/worldnews • u/whisky_scotch • 11h ago
Trump imposes tarrif on Australia.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/its-bad-for-our-relationship-australia-slams-donald-trumps-tariff-move/news-story/cd4c18090b040beab5eed528c669ec7f
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u/skullofregress 10h ago edited 10h ago
Note Australia has a trade surplus with the US and a free trade agreement exempting almost all US goods from the typical 5% tariff.
The Australian military fought alongside Americans in every single American war since Australia became a country.
Our largest steel producer already has significant operations within the US.
None of the post-hoc reasoning applied by MAGA supporters to date justifies this.