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Not everyone believes that a US-China trade war will smash Australia

Former BHP economist Huw McKay believes that the iron ore price will not necessarily suffer. The costs may come elsewhere.

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What does a potential US-China trade war mean for Australia’s economy?

The conventional economic thinking is that it would be mildly bad for Australia because if China’s economy slows as a result, it will buy less Australian iron ore, coal, gas and agriculture.

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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 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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