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US President Donald Trump has threatened the ''rest of the world'' including Australia with a new ultimatum to negotiate separate trade deals soon or face an increase of 15 to 20 per cent on the minimum 10 per cent tariff baseline initially imposed in April.
Speaking to reporters in Scotland on Tuesday, Trump said about 200 countries are due to hear from him about their new "world tariff" rate as fears grow the move could punish Australian exporters.
"I would say it'll be somewhere in the 15 to 20 per cent range," Trump said, sitting alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
"Probably one of those two numbers.
"We're going to be setting a tariff for, essentially, the rest of the world.
"That's what they're going to pay if they want to do business in the United States, because you can't sit down and make 200 deals."
Following the announcement, a spokesperson for Trade Minister Don Farrell said on Tuesday, Australia's approach to tariffs remain "unchanged".
"Any tariffs on Australian goods are unjustified and an act of economic self-harm," they said in a statement.
"We will continue to engage at all levels to advocate for the removal of all tariffs, in line with our free trade agreement with the United States."
Further, the Minister for Health, Mark Butler said the the new tariff threats pose "a very significant challenge" specifically in the facet of pharmaceutical exports from Australia to the US.
"Our officials are working hard to get a sense exactly of the nature and the timing of any tariffs on pharmaceutical exports," he said.
"We’re doing everything we can to prosecute our interest as Australians."
Trump's blistering tariffs sent shockwaves across the global economy since its announcement on April 2, when it introduced “reciprocal” levies to deal with "unfair trade practices" inflicted on the United States by other countries.
While Trump initially introduced a minimum 10 per cent levy on all trading partners, that figure has since hiked up to mammoth numbers of up to 50 per cent on some countries - including Brazil - starting on Friday.
Australia is currently subject to a “baseline” 10 per cent tariff,
总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）一直在努力谈判免征关税，但他与美国的脆弱关系使人们对澳大利亚是否能够摆脱严格的税款，而不是对豁免关税。
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美国的海关收入超过了联邦财政年度的1000亿美元。日本需要减少对美国的依赖。
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