A US senator has gone into bat for Australia, arguing in a heated exchange with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that Donald Trump’s tariffs were an “insult” and undermine the security relationship between the two partners.
Virginia senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, used a Senate hearing to slam Greer, who insisted Trump was not about to back down on his plan to correct a $US1.2 trillion ($2 trillion) trade deficit while raising revenue to finance tax cuts.
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Mark Mulligan is the world editor and a former markets and economics writer. He was a Financial Times correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.mulligan@afr.com.au
