This was a highly worrying situation for Australia given we export over $500 million worth of steel and aluminium to the U.S. every year.
"Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don't have to impose steel or aluminum tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!"
He said Australia would not have to provide anything in return for the exemption, even though Trump had tweeted that Turnbull was "committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship" and the two countries were now working on a "security agreement".
Labor's finance spokesman, Jim Chalmers, said it remained to be seen what expectations Trump might attach to the deal but Australia did already have a long history of co-operation with the United States on both economic and military fronts.
"While we hope that Australia will win exemptions from the latest steel and aluminium tariffs, this would be only a partial victory", Mr Willox said on Friday. While the Trump highlighted the nations' military and trade relationships, Turnbull moved to clarify Trump's comment about a new "security agreement", saying the president was referring to the legal paperwork that would lock the exemption into place. "So long as we can ensure their products no longer threaten our security".
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Spokswoman Sarah Sanders says the two US neighbours might get what she calls a "carve-out" for reasons of national security, and says other allies might also ask for one, on a case-by-case basis.
Australia and the United States have been joined in the ANZUS Treaty security alliance since it took effect in 1952.
"We'll wait to hear more about any further developments but, for the time being, we're being very positive about the outcome secured".
"There would be the opportunity for us to negotiate on matters of national security with other countries. We are going see what he actually announces later today", Trudeau said in a separate interview on Breakfast Television.
Announcing the details in Washington yesterday, Mr Trump singled out Australia when he said he may exempt countries with which the USA has good trade and military relationships.
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