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Politics latest: Trade Minister says no tariff exemptions the US 'intention all along'; Dutton slams PM's handling
Don Farrell said 'this is not the right way allies should treat one another' after Australia failed to get an exemption, as Peter Dutton slammed the Prime Minister's 'inability' to deal with the US tariffs.
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