Australian steel and aluminium are set to be exempt from harsh US import tariffs after Malcolm Turnbull and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann lobbied US President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and other officials on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Building on legwork already done by Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, BlueScope Steel and Rio Tinto, the Prime Minister and Senator Cormann argued for exemptions for Australia from any and all trade sanctions Mr Trump may impose, steel and aluminium included.
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