Key points
- According to reports, White House assistants have written a plan to impose 20 percent tariffs on most goods imported to the US.
- Anthony Albanese has promised not to compromise Australian commercial standards for the United States.
- Trump will present his long -awaited global tariff plan on Thursday at Australia.
Before the expected version of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, with a faster commercial rates on Thursday, a new US report has pointed to meat, apples, pears and Australian pharmaceutical products.
The report published by the United States Commercial Representative has highlighted “foreign barriers” for the US trade. UU. Australia also mentions That requires technology platforms to pay the content of local media organizations and the requirements on transmission services to present Australian content.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the news negotiation code, pharmaceutical products and biosafety measures on the importation of meat and fruit in particular were not in negotiation.
“These problems are not in negotiation of the Australian government,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“We will defend the interests of Australia. The idea that we would weaken the laws of biosafety is like cutting your nose to take off your face.”
Australia prohibits the importation of raw poultry meat from all countries, except New Zealand, has strict controls in beef and pork, and also prohibits the importation of apples and pears of the United States due to concerns about several pests.
Concerns about “delays” were also raised to notifications to patents on pharmaceutical products.
In a rare unity moment in the midst of an intensifying electoral campaign, opposition leader Peter Dutton said he agreed with Albanese’s position.
“I agree with the position of the prime minister. I will not compromise issues of national importance and importance,” Dutton said.
It occurs when plans for 20 percent tariffs in most imported goods to the United States are announced on Thursday, what Trump has called ‘day of release’.
For weeks, Trump has marked April 2 in the United States as the deadline through which the country will impose a variety of new tariffs.
On Sunday he said that reciprocal rates will be directed to all countries that impose duties to US goods, and the White House said Monday that any country that has “mistreated” the United States should expect to receive a rate.
Trump also says that a 25 percent tariff on car imports will enter into force on April 3.
Trump will present his tariff plan at an event at Rose Garden at 4 pm Wednesday at local time, which is at 7 AM AEDT on Thursday.
White House officials say that a final decision on the size, scope and objective of rates have not been made.
Factories around the world, from Japan to the United Kingdom and the United States, had a drop in activity in March when companies prepared for Trump’s rates, although some recorded a rebound in the race to take assets to consumers before the new measures arrived. Fountain: AP / JAE C. HONG/AP
The White House said on Tuesday that the reciprocal rates that Trump will announce on April 2 will immediately enter into force, and car tariffs will continue as scheduled.
According to the Washington Post, attendees are considering a plan that would increase the tasks of products by approximately 20 percent of almost all countries, instead of the most specific approaches that have also been considered.
The administration anticipates that the new tasks could raise more than US $ 6 billion ($ 9.6 billion) in income that could be sent to US citizens as reimbursement, the document reported.
A White House assistant said that any report before tomorrow’s event is “mere speculation.”
The Republican President has already imposed tariffs on aluminum and steel imports and has increased tariffs of all China’s assets, increasing tensions with the largest commercial partners in the country.
Canada has promised to respond with their own tariffs, and American companies say that a ‘buy Canadian’ movement is already making it difficult for their products to reach the shelves of that country.
Other countries have also threatened with countermeasures.
Signals are already emerging that the US economy is losing impulse, which some experts argue that it is partially due to the uncertainty promoted by Trump’s chaotic approach for the formulation of economic policies.
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