Australia is being ‘dragged along' Trump's indecisiveness on tariffs
Mr Lloyd claims President Trump is 'flip-flopping' on tariffs, by now threatening a 20 per cent tariff being applied to some nations.
'We haven't been in the room, we haven't been able to make the negotiations with Donald Trump,' Mr Lloyd told Sky News host James Macpherson.
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