12/02/2025 20:48
The Guardian
Prime minister will say it was his proudest day in politics. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasAustralian aluminium not flooding the US market: FarrellTrade Minister Don Farrell says he doesn’t believe Australia is “flooding” the US market with our aluminium, as suggested by Donald Trump’s senior trade advisor Peter Navarro.I don’t believe we’re, we’ve done at any stage, anything that has not been agreed to by the American government.I’m sure that we comply with all of the obligations that America imposes on those companies that are supplying into the United States, and that wouldn’t matter whether it was beef or lamb or grain or steel or aluminum, I would be absolutely certain Australian companies comply with all of their obligations in terms of reporting into the United States.It’s about an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water that we would have to find every year and we’ve seen already overseas in Europe, for example, in hot, dry years, nuclear reactors having to be shut down or reduce their production capacity because the water isn’t there, and when the water is used in those nuclear reactors, it’s released into the environment and warmer than it normally would be, and that obviously has environmental impacts all of its own. Continue reading...
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