Australian farmers caught in Trump’s $16b trade-war crosshairs

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Dec 1, 2024 – 11.42am

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West Australian grain farmer Tony York has experienced first hand how quickly global trade politics can hit home.

When China imposed a 40 per cent tariff on Australian barley in 2020 after the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19, prices dropped $50 a tonne “seemingly overnight”.

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