Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Members of this parliament have a choice sometimes of whether they will back Australia or seek to undermine Australia, a very simple proposition. Those opposite have chosen, rather than supporting a position—which they did in government, to be fair—of supporting free trade, including the free trade agreement with the United States and, might I add, the free trade agreement that they signed up to with China as well, and rather than putting the case, along with members of the government, that tariffs are a cause of economic self-harm by the United States and that those countries that impose tariffs are imposing a cost on the purchase of goods and services—in this case, the United States is putting a cost on goods being exported from Australia into the United States—

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