Although Australia’s economy in 2018 is cruising forward with rising prosperity and declining unemployment, the Turnbull Government cannot take a trick. Even Malcolm Turnbull’s success in persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt Australia from his steel and aluminium tariffs has been portrayed as leaving Australia exposed to Chinese dumping. Trade Minister Steve Ciobo’s suggestion that Australia might support action by the European Union (EU) to overturn the tariffs in…
