Trump rebuilds his tariff wall<\/a><\/p>\n Donald Trump had been using tariffs to increase his power over other countries until America’s Supreme Court stepped in. He was never going to cede that power easily.<\/p>\n The investigation was widely seen as a mechanism to replace tariffs that were previously struck down in court<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n It led to proposed tariffs of between 10 and 12.5 per cent for almost all of the US’s major trading partners.<\/p>\n Australia is among the countries whose imports are set to be levied with the largest tariff, though it still needs to go through a consultation process.<\/p>\n “We’re going to engage robustly and respectfully with the process, and I’m talking to Australian business about how we can work together to make Australia’s case against such a measure,” Mr Moriarty said.<\/p>\n Asked if he would fight for an outright exemption, he said: “We’re working through all of the complexities of the arrangements. We still don’t understand what exemptions might already apply, as there are some exemptions under the previous tariff regime.”<\/p>\n Mr Moriarty said he was already in talks with members of the administration, and the US defence industry, about the AUKUS plan to provide Australia with American nuclear-powered submarines.<\/p>\n Controversy around the plan was recently reignited by confirmation all the boats would be part-way through their life-span before Australia received them<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greg Moriarty has held a range of government roles and most recently led the Department of Defence. (Supplied: CPL Sebastian Beurich)<\/p>\n But the bigger challenge is the pace of building the boats in the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c5c2c1cec617841cc8dd4a6402204d3c.jpeg\")
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