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Marles ‘confident we will be able to pursue a productive relationship’ between Australia and America
Marles was requested if Australia would use upcoming Aukus funds as a part of a leverage to the US relating to potential tariffs. He stated Australia would “walk down the path of pursuing the Aukus arrangement as we have been”:
We need to preserve a way of momentum that we’ve in the way in which by which we’ve been partaking with the Trump administration … We’ve now simply had the second dialog between President Trump and Prime Minister Albanese. And we actually have hit the bottom operating in the way in which by which we’re partaking with the Trump administration.
Pointed to feedback by the opposition chief that tariffs on Australia would “damage the relationship” with the US, Marles replied “let’s work on pursuing the exemptions that we are seeking”.
Let’s take the truth that the president has agreed to provide energetic consideration to an exemption in relation to Australia that he acknowledged at the moment in his statements that it’s a buying and selling relationship the place America has the excess … And I’m assured that we can pursue a productive relationship between Australia and America beneath the Trump administration.
Marles describes ‘constructive’ US talks
Caitlin Cassidy
Australia ought to take “at face value” what the prime minister and US president, Donald Trump, have stated about potential tariff aid, the deputy prime minister and minister for defence, Richard Marles, has stated after his journey to Washington.
Talking on ABC 7.30 on Tuesday night, Marles stated each Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump had “made clear” an Australian exemption from tariffs put in place beneath the US administration was beneath energetic consideration after their dialog at the moment.
That’s not stated flippantly … that was the settlement they reached of their dialog this morning which, having spoken with the prime minister himself, he stated was very constructive, very constructive. And we are going to clearly now work diligently to place ahead our case for these exemptions to use.
Pointed to accusations Australia had disregarded their commitments to restrain aluminium exports, Marles stated he couldn’t communicate for the previous authorities which was a “matter for them to explain”.
We do roughly over $100bn of commerce yearly. It’s about two to 1 in favour of the US. In that sense, having that commerce in a fashion which is tariff-free may be very a lot within the pursuits … of the US.
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Richard Marles says the federal government has “hit the ground running” with the Trump administration as he returned from talks within the US amid the specter of tariffs being imposed on Austraian items exported to the States. The deputy prime minister instructed the ABC final evening that voters ought to take at “face value” feedback by Anthony Albanese about constructive talks with Donald Trump and the potential for exemption from the proposed US levies. Extra arising.
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