Donald Trump’s trade chief Jamieson Greer doubles down on US tariffs on Australia

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A United States politician has defended the Trump administration's 10 per cent tariff on Australia regardless of a free trade agreement, claiming Australia has banned US beef and pork. Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative who oversees the implementation of the sweeping tariff, said America "should be running up the score on Australia" when asked why "Australia got whacked". "We're addressing the $[US]1.2 trillion deficit — the largest in human history — that President [Joe] Biden left us with," Mr Greer said when he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Tariff policy. " Despite the agreement, they ban our...