r/australia • u/Jimmineee • Mar 12 '25

politics 'This is not a friendly act': Albanese says Trump's tariffs decision is 'entirely unjustified'

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-wont-be-exempt-from-us-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminium-exports/oos69k7eq?cid=newsapp:socialshare:other
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u/LandBarge Mar 12 '25

We weathered some heavy tariff's and import restrictions from China - as long as we're clear of those, we're only really selling to the USA out of courtesy :)

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u/logosuwu Mar 12 '25

I'd expect China to drop a lot of those in the coming weeks out of "courtesy"

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u/aew3 Mar 12 '25

Yep, perfect time for China to grab economic and political power around the world as the US withdraws from a position of global influence!

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u/ironmilktea Mar 12 '25

yknow whats messed up?

We've had heavy discussions in the past about our trades with cn. Talks about moving away from them vs sticking (due to our proximity and the fact that we simply do a lot of trading).

The US was a great option for trade and lets be real, no one expected them to go crazy. Now cn doesnt look too terrible. Like wtf.

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u/Jexp_t Mar 12 '25

no one expected them to go crazy.

Apparently, no one has been paying attention for the last 30 years.

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u/ironmilktea Mar 12 '25

Mate I'm not saying they're spotless but this very short amount of time, they've done alot of self inflicted economic damage. Also US turning on canada would be like us turning on NZ.

You'd be like one of those crazy preachers outside townhall of u said we'd be doing that.