Australia dodges latest Trump tariff hikes as trade minister heralds ‘vindication’ for Albanese’s approach | Australian foreign policy

Australian goods imported to the USA, Donald Trump’s last round of the Global Trade War survived any tariff increase, while the basic will continue to attract 10% tariff.

The US Time on Thursday night – Friday morning in Australia – Trump Bir executive order In addition to new tariff agreements for several trading partners, to confirm revised tariffs for some other countries.

Australia is not mentioned in order that any country that is not on the new list will remain in a 10% tariff. Guardian Australia understands that the US government confirms that the 10% tariff rate will remain in place to the Australian Embassy in Washington DC.

Australian Trade Minister Spokesman Don Farrell, Friday morning, “The White House confirmed that no country has no lower mutual tariffs than Australia,” he said.

Trump’s so -called “mutual tariffs” are separate from the 50% tariffs of the sector that Trump administration imposed on Australian steel, aluminum and copper imports: These tariffs remain in place.

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“While the US remains in the best possible position under the new tariff regime, we will continue to defend the abolition of all tariffs in accordance with our free trade agreement,” he said.

Farrell, the US Trade Secretary – and Tariff Hawk – Howard Lutnick said that there was pressure from the US administration for an increase in Australia’s tariff rate, “But President Trump decided to protect it”.

“I think this is the Albanian government – and especially the Prime Minister – and a wonderful and quiet way we carry out diplomacy with the United States.”

Australia is conducting a trade gap with the US, but Farrell said that it would be inefficient to mutually giving mutual tariffs to US goods as a retribritive measure for US tariffs.

Farrell said that Australia holds 10% – that tariffs imposed on other countries have increased – a comparative gain for Australia.

“Australian products are now more competitive in the American market… Products such as wine, beef, lamb, wheat are cheaper than the United States.”

Farrell said that Australia still hopes to remove all tariffs from imports to the United States and invited Lutnick to Australia for further talks.

“We believe in free and fair trade and we will continue to claim that they should remove all the tariffs on Australian products in accordance with our free trade agreement and we will continue to prosecute this argument.”

Farrell, who tested whether there is a factor in the trade tariff negotiations of the Multi -Dollar Aukus submarine agreement, said that Australia’s close defense relationship with the US is separate from trade connections.

“We will continue to discuss about the US and AUKUS: it will be completely independent of our trade relationship. There is no more important job for a federal government than our national security.”

Australia’s Biden period AUKUS agreement, which will buy a nuclear submarine from the United States, is currently being reviewed by the Pentagon under Trump’s instruction.

Under the executive order published this week, Trump said he was open to more negotiations with the countries he saw as aligned with the American first ideology.

“Some trade partners agreed or agreed to accept meaningful trade and security commitments with the United States, so that they permanently organize trade barriers contributing to the national emergencies carried out in 14257 and to harmonize with the US and to harmonize with the United States.”

Executive order 14257 Trump’s April order, “large and permanent annual US goods trade deficits of the US national security and economy of the Unusual and an extraordinary threat to the argued,” he argued.

Trump’s latest executive order condemned the unnamed countries, whom he thought to show inadequate loyalty to trade in trade.

Order Although it is dealing with negotiations, other trade partners presented conditions that do not adequately deal with the imbalances in our decision and trade relationship or have not been sufficiently aligned with the US and economic and national security. ”

“There are also some trade partners who cannot negotiate with the United States or who cannot take enough steps to alleviate economic and national security issues.”

The new executive order punishes small economies with limited trade relations with the United States: 41% tariff ratio to Syria was given 40% to Myanmar and Laos.

The EU has a divided tariff ratio: 0% in some goods and 15% in others.

China, one of the largest trade partners of the USA and a target of Trump’s trade fire, is not mentioned in the last place. For goods such as smartphones and semiconductors, some exemptions remain at a tariff rate of 30%. 145% tariff in proposed-replacement-chin imports was paused until mid-August.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told journalists that the US was “making agreement with China, but it has not yet been completed.

“There are still a few technical details to work on the Chinese side. I am sure that this will be done, but not 100%.”

He is currently targeted with tariff negotiations in the game and Trump, American drug companies and countries that negotiate lower prices for drugs such as Australia.

In accordance with Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits program, the government negotiates relatively low prices, a long -standing regulation, but directly with pharmaceutical companies to provide a coherent irritation for Trump.

Australia has been consistent with its relations with the Trump administration on “PBS not for negotiation”.

“Our government continues to offer cheaper drugs for Australians,” a government spokesman said.