United States president Donald Trump has given hope to the Australian government that Australia may yet get exemptions from the steel and aluminium tariffs he announced last Friday.
The President has praised the alliance with Australia but did not specifically commit to an exemption in his announcement in Washington. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expressing confidence, though, that he can change Mr Trump's mind before the tariffs begin.
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Američki predsjednik Donald Trump je pružio nadu australskoj vladi da će Australija biti izuzeta od novih tarifa na uvoz čelika i aluminijuma.
Donald Trump međutim i pored bliskog savezništva, u objavi uvođenja novih carina nije poštedio Australiju.
Australski premijer Malcolm Turnbull ipak i dalje ostaje uvjerenja da će se stvari promijeniti prije nego mjere stupe na snagu a Trump predomisliti u interesu veza dvije zemlje.