US official labels Australia a ‘dumper’ of aluminium as tariff fallout continues
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has labelled Australia as a "dumper" of under-priced aluminium as domestic politicians scramble to push for an exemption on steel and aluminium tariffs.
"You've got dumpers in the rest of the world. Japan dumps steel, China dumps steel," he told Fox Business. "We're going to stop that nonsense and bring steel here.
"We're not going to stand for China dumping, Japan dumping, Australia does a lot of aluminium at below cost."
Trump refused to grant Australia an exemption. (Getty)
Lutnick said Trump was "protecting America".
Australia's steel and aluminium exports to the US amount to about 0.2 per cent of the national total export value.
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