Australia will not be granted an exemption from the Trump administration's 25 per cent tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, the White House says.
  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
    1 year

    I sure hope the U.S. has all the raw iron, coal, uranium, potash and lumber they need to become an island onto themselves. What They don’t? Weird.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
      1 year

      Trump intends to keep buying it from these countries for the same price. He’ll just charge the American people an extra 50% to access it, instead of charging billionaires and mega corporations taxes.

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1 year

      The U.S. is one of the few countries that actually does have sufficient raw resources to be an island unto itself. It would be sub-optimal to be sure, but doable.

  • certified sinonist@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    1 year

    I’m so glad Australia has been such a good vassal ally to the states, because the states sure do pay it back. I mean, they wouldn’t set up military bases on our land unless they really loved us.