Senior Trade Adviser to the US President, Peter Navarro, claimed that Australia is "killing" the US Aluminum market. This statement could deal a blow to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's efforts to secure an exemption from tariffs on steel and aluminum,

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has agreed to consider a tariff exemption on Australian steel and aluminum imports after a telephone conversation with Australia’s prime minister.

Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.