President Donald Trump's top trade official has confirmed Australia, Europe, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil will initially escape the US president's soon-to-be introduced steel and aluminium tariffs.
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, during testimony on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington DC, named Australia on the list of allied nations to at least initially escape the 25 per cent tariff on imported steel and 10 per cent on aluminium that come into force on Friday.
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