Huge new Trump tariffs to slam Australia

[cnm]

Electricity prices are astronomical, sending businesses broke.

Bambu is like a MAGAt, an hysterical ninny who'll blame everyone but the truth.

Figure 1 illustrates prices increasing from 2015 which can be partially explained by Queensland LNG exports commencing. Not only did this add additional electricity load but it also exposed the east coast gas market (ECGM) to global LNG prices. Shortly afterwards, it was announced the 1,600 MW Hazelwood power station would be closing within three to four months. Most prices eventually began trending down although the impact of the 520 MW Northern closure in 2018 is clearly apparent in SA prices.​

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In 2020, COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns saw prices in all regions settling below or at the 10-year NEM average LWP. However, these low prices were short lived, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leading to unprecedented coal and gas rises in 2022 In addition, some coal mines had flooding issues, the 840 MW Callide C was offline and COVID restrictions had disrupted plant maintenance schedules. Table 2 sets out some basic descriptive statistics for prices over the past 10 years.​

Spot market prices and revenues - ten years of historical spot prices

Elevated spot prices have received a lot of attention in recent times, and with justification, following the events of 2022 [1] .

www.energycouncil.com.au

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[bambu.]

Bambu is like a MAGAt, an hysterical ninny who'll blame everyone but the truth.

Figure 1 illustrates prices increasing from 2015 which can be partially explained by Queensland LNG exports commencing. Not only did this add additional electricity load but it also exposed the east coast gas market (ECGM) to global LNG prices. Shortly afterwards, it was announced the 1,600 MW Hazelwood power station would be closing within three to four months. Most prices eventually began trending down although the impact of the 520 MW Northern closure in 2018 is clearly apparent in SA prices.​

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In 2020, COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns saw prices in all regions settling below or at the 10-year NEM average LWP. However, these low prices were short lived, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leading to unprecedented coal and gas rises in 2022 In addition, some coal mines had flooding issues, the 840 MW Callide C was offline and COVID restrictions had disrupted plant maintenance schedules. Table 2 sets out some basic descriptive statistics for prices over the past 10 years.​

Spot market prices and revenues - ten years of historical spot prices

Elevated spot prices have received a lot of attention in recent times, and with justification, following the events of 2022 [1] .

www.energycouncil.com.au

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The Hon. Peter Dutton MP:

Small businesses are closing in record numbers due to soaring energy costs, high interest rates, and endless red tape under the Albanese government, with 22,800 businesses insolvencies since Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister.

This isn’t just about statistics—these are real businesses going under, and real Australians losing jobs.

xxx

July 1, 2025

Millions of Australian households will soon see their electricity bills rise, in the latest “sucker punch” for cash-strapped people.
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Thirty-seven per cent of households in regional areas are suffering food insecurity; in metropolitan areas it’s 30 per cent.

This increasing difficulty in affording the basics is due to compounding economic effects well beyond the control of poor households.

 

[bambu.]

Bambu is like a MAGAt, an hysterical ninny who'll blame everyone but the truth.

Figure 1 illustrates prices increasing from 2015 which can be partially explained by Queensland LNG exports commencing. Not only did this add additional electricity load but it also exposed the east coast gas market (ECGM) to global LNG prices. Shortly afterwards, it was announced the 1,600 MW Hazelwood power station would be closing within three to four months. Most prices eventually began trending down although the impact of the 520 MW Northern closure in 2018 is clearly apparent in SA prices.​

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In 2020, COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns saw prices in all regions settling below or at the 10-year NEM average LWP. However, these low prices were short lived, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leading to unprecedented coal and gas rises in 2022 In addition, some coal mines had flooding issues, the 840 MW Callide C was offline and COVID restrictions had disrupted plant maintenance schedules. Table 2 sets out some basic descriptive statistics for prices over the past 10 years.​

Spot market prices and revenues - ten years of historical spot prices

Elevated spot prices have received a lot of attention in recent times, and with justification, following the events of 2022 [1] .

www.energycouncil.com.au

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Truth;

My Sky News just now;

Donald Trump Threatens EU With 200% Wine Tariff

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Australia exports wine to the US.

Other things Australia exports to the US;

Tariffs would cripple industries.

• Minerals and Metals:
  • Coal
    Iron ore
    Gold
    Zinc
    Aluminium
    • Iron and steel
      • Agricultural Products:
        • • Wheat
          • Beef and veal
          • Canola
          • Wool and animal hair
          • Cereals
          • Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits
          • Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates
          • Miscellaneous edible preparations
      • Services:
        • • Financial services
          • Education services
          • Tourism services
          • Transportation services
          • Vaccines
      • Other:
        • • Machinery, including computers
          • Natural gas
          • Chemicals, plastics, rubber, and leather goods
          • Stone, glass, metals, and pearls

 

[Bootneck]

Then you should have yourself checked your facts. Until American physicist Charles Hall came along, aluminum was a rather rare and expensive metal. But he co-discovered a process by which aluminum could be made practical and affordable, effectively reducing the cost of making it by a fact of TWO HUNDRED, thus, for all intents and purposes, invented it, because, if aluminum were still 200X more expensive than it is today, no one would be using it.

It's always wisest to check your facts before calling someone an idiot!

Charles Martin Hall - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In fact, Hall went on to create the company ALCOA I believe, the Aluminum Company of America.

Lol! You obviously failed to read the screed in my post. Did you know that some people are born an idiot; some have idiocy thrust upon them; and others acquire idiocy over time. With you it is clear that all three apply.

 

[toobfreak]

Lol! You obviously failed to read the screed in my post.

You obviously failed to successfully deflect from the fact that you've been caught with your big, fat foot in your mouth!

 

[cnm]

But he co-discovered a process by which aluminum could be made practical and affordable

So by your logic France discovered aluminium.

 

[ThirdTerm]

Trump is trying to undo the damage done by NAFTA, which was renewed in 2020. Since 1994, America lost 30% of jobs in the auto industry to Mexico. Steel and aluminium tariffs are only the first step to address this big problem. Australia will not be affected by upcoming tariffs on the auto industry because no cars are fully manufactured on home soil. But Japan and South Korea will be hit the hardest by a 25% tariff on all vehicle imports to the US starting April 2. Automakers will be forced to relocate their factories to the US.

 

[bambu.]

Trump is trying to undo the damage done by NAFTA, which was renewed in 2020. Since 1994, America lost 30% of jobs in the auto industry to Mexico. Steel and aluminium tariffs are only the first step to address this big problem. Australia will not be affected by upcoming tariffs on the auto industry because no cars are fully manufactured on home soil. But Japan and South Korea will be hit the hardest by a 25% tariff on all vehicle imports to the US starting April 2. Automakers will be forced to relocate their factories to the US.

Canada buys more American goods than China, Japan, the UK, and France combined.
More than half the goods exported by the US predominantly go to Canada.
Canada buys half the vehicles exported by the US, including three quarters of all trucks, and 36% of fruit and vegetables. 6 Feb 2025

Why Trump wants to go picking fights with Canada I have no idea.
And picking a fight with Australia, basically over nothing.
That adviser of his launched into a vicious tirade of Australia like it was some evil enemy...and on went the steel and aluminium tariffs.
What next, tariffs on Australia's agricultural exports.
Both of them seem to know nothing about Australia, AUKUS, probably ANZUS too, and by the sound of them don't care anyway.
Australia would've been better off with Hillary Clinton as President, she understands.
President George W Bush visited, addressed the Australian parliament...he understands.
President Obama visited, addressed the Australian parliament...he understands.
There are Youtube videos of his speech in the parliament, and in Darwin when he addressed the US and Australian troops.
April 25...we'll see if any US troops march in the ANZAC Day parade in Darwin this year, might give a clue.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Canada buys more American goods than China, Japan, the UK, and France combined.
More than half the goods exported by the US predominantly go to Canada.
Canada buys half the vehicles exported by the US, including three quarters of all trucks, and 36% of fruit and vegetables. 6 Feb 2025

Why Trump wants to go picking fights with Canada I have no idea.
And picking a fight with Australia, basically over nothing.
That adviser of his launched into a vicious tirade of Australia like it was some evil enemy...and on went the steel and aluminium tariffs.
What next, tariffs on Australia's agricultural exports.
Both of them seem to know nothing about Australia, AUKUS, probably ANZUS too, and by the sound of them don't care anyway.
Australia would've been better off with Hillary Clinton as President, she understands.
President George W Bush visited, addressed the Australian parliament...he understands.
President Obama visited, addressed the Australian parliament...he understands.
There are Youtube videos of his speech in the parliament, and in Darwin when he addressed the US and Australian troops.
April 25...we'll see if any US troops march in the ANZAC Day parade in Darwin this year, might give a clue.

Trump is a megalomaniac, who like Hitler, believes he knows best about everything.

Churchill shared that with them, but he was committed to the rule of law, unlike either of them. Of course, he was not insane.

 

[cnm]

Trump is a megalomaniac, who like Hitler, believes he knows best about everything.

Churchill shared that with them, but he was committed to the rule of law, unlike either of them. Of course, he was not insane.

You haven't read of the drunk racist Churchill's enthusiasm for chemical warfare?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

You haven't read of the drunk racist Churchill's enthusiasm for chemical warfare?

He was not a drunk at all. He did use chemicals against the wuzzies.

 

[ThirdTerm]

Trump has signed an executive order to impose 25-percent tariffs on car imports, starting April 2, which will foster domestic manufacturing. There were speculations that auto tariffs will be delayed for a month or waived altogether due to Tesla's close business ties with China.

This is going to destroy free trade between the US, Mexico and Canada. 54 percent of all car parts and bodies come into the US from Mexico and Canada. NAFTA was bad for America because auto companies could move their manufacturing to Mexico where the standard of living is cheaper.

Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos. Carmakers could face higher costs and lower sales

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.

ca.finance.yahoo.com

 

[BothWings]

I stopped buying products from Australia, UK and France before Trump's first term.

 

[bambu.]

I stopped buying products from Australia, UK and France before Trump's first term.

Your choice.
Trade between the US and Australia, if the two countries are to be friends and allies, can't be just one way ...US only export to Australia but not import anything.
"America first" is one thing, but "America only" is quite another.

Of course, the US superpower can do whatever it likes, but it can't defeat the alliance of China/Russia/N Korea/Iran and all their friends in the world by itself.
IMO, US needs to decide who its friends and allies are...and who its enemies are...and treat them all accordingly.
China would love nothing more than to own Australia.
All that land, almost the size of mainland USA.
All that gold, gas, coal, iron ore, uranium, oil, lithium, opals, pearls, metals...deep sea ports, flat land and clear skies of the Outback where CIA/Oz base Pine Gap is.
Undefended Australia is basically up for grabs, ripe for the picking.
Chinese warships recently appeared off Sydney, conducted live fire exercises, then circum navigated the country.
Looking for the best landing places for the invasion?

 

[bambu.]

Now Australia is classed as a 'dirty country'...one of the 15 named...[although the US has a trade surplus with Australia.]
Charming.
They sure know how to be cruel in Washington.

Apparently it's 'Liberation Day' on April 2nd. when the extra tariffs go on.

MSN

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I'll be liberated if there's a tariff on beef exports from Australia to the US ...liberated from being able to afford any when the price of beef soars at home.

 

[eagle1462010]

EU just announced its retaliatory tariffs, especially targeting Red states.

Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said as the United States is “applying tariffs worth 28 billion dollars, we are responding with countermeasures worth 26 billion euros,” or about $28 billion.

apnews.com

We have stock piled steel and are building steel mills all over the country. Their tariffs on us dont mean shit.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

We have stock piled steel and are building steel mills all over the country. Their tariffs on us dont mean shit.

Yeah, in fact, they do.

 

[Rambunctious]

bambu. Australia only tariffs our goods 10% and now we will do the same... 10%... we have a great trading partnership with Australia...

 

[bambu.]

Australia doesn't import beef from anywhere, ..to protect its cattle from mad cow disease.

Also, Australian cattle are grass fed and the meat is leaner than that of grain fed cattle.

As well, drought in the US has caused a shortage of beef, reportedly.
Donald Trump doesn't seem to understand.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I prefer American beef to Argentine or Australian brands.