Trade Cases
March 13, 2018
Turnbull Says Australia Exempt from Trump's Tariff
Written by Tim Triplett
Even though the Commerce Department has until next week to issue procedures for handling exclusion requests, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced via Twitter that his nation will be exempt from the tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the Trump administration March 8.
The United States’ closest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, were exempted from the 25 percent tariff on steel exports and the 10 percent tariff on aluminum exports that other countries face. But other U.S. allies are expected to line up to plead their case for relief. The Trump administration has said it will consider such appeals on a country-by-country basis. Australia appear to be first in line.
