Australian exporters brace for immediate US tariffs on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’

Government ministers still in the dark on tariffs as White House dangles hope of good negotiation' with president

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Australian exporters will be hit with US tariffs immediately on Donald Trump's self-proclaimed Liberation Day", but the White House has left the door open to good negotiation" to have them rolled back or amended.

The US president was expected to announce new global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but the details remained largely unknown.

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