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Albanese shouldn’t bother pursuing US tariff exemptions

Anthony Albanese should be wary of cutting short-sighted deals with Donald Trump and focus on domestic policies he actually controls to improve the living standards of Australians.

At Las Vegas casinos and online gambling sites, punters can now bet on whether US President Donald Trump will back down on his tariffs.

The uncertainty of the on-again, off-again tariffs is understandably generating a lot of investor, political and media attention globally.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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