New: the Morrison government gave a voluntary undertaking in 2019 to limit aluminium exports to the US, sources say - which is the "verbal agreement" Trump's team now says Australia has breached, at the centre of the tariff dispute www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... - ThreadSky

joshbutler.bsky.social • 11 days ago

New: the Morrison government gave a voluntary undertaking in 2019 to limit aluminium exports to the US, sources say - which is the "verbal agreement" Trump's team now says Australia has breached, at the centre of the tariff dispute
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/australia-killing-us-manufacturing-with-aluminium-imports-trumps-trade-adviser-says

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jaksays.bsky.social•11 days ago

Trump's trade advisor being a convicted criminal

edvartvon.bsky.social•11 days ago

Imagine being the USA fearing AUSTRALIAN aluminium... Mind boggling.

parkerfiftyone.bsky.social•10 days ago

Verbal agreements ain't worth the paper they're printed on, Yanks.

random-sarah.bsky.social•11 days ago

Convicted criminal Navarro? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-26/donald-trump-peter-navarro-sentenced-prison-january-6-subpoena/103392268

edenarachnelatro.bsky.social•11 days ago

Navarro is another in a long line of Trump fantasists. Australia's contribution to US aluminium imports is roughly 3%

edenarachnelatro.bsky.social•10 days ago

Turns out there’s more to this story. In the Morrison tradition of secretly appointing himself to multiple Ministries, there’s this:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/coalition-metals-tariffs-us-australia-politically-risky/104928184?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

aussiewitch.bsky.social•10 days ago

How can this be doesn’t USA only import about
1.5% of its aluminium from Australia

samoskal.bsky.social•11 days ago

Trump illegally sacked Federal Inspector Generals. Tehn he ramped up his tariff activity. Who in the U.S is now checking where the U.S tariff money is going and how its being managed ? Trump openly said a couple of times in front of U.S media, “Tariffs are going to make us very rich"

wersula.bsky.social•11 days ago

What a shocking way to treat an ally. Australia pays billions of dollars for AUKUS. We buy a huge amount of goods from USA too. Should Australia also put on tariffs like Canada and Mexico. YES!!!

miree.bsky.social•11 days ago

What? They could just stop buying it 🤦‍♀️

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