PM resists Trump on tariffs and defence
Anthony Albanese has pushed back against the Trump administration's higher steel tariffs and pressure on Australia to spend more on defence, setting up a testing first face-to-face meeting between the prime minister and US president at the G7 in a fortnight.
Albanese declared on Sunday that the US was committing an economic 'act of self harm' by increasing prices for American consumers, after Trump shocked allies and partners by doubling tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium sold in the United States to 50 per cent.
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