Trade Minister Denies Navarro’s Claim That Australia Is Harming US Aluminium Market

Farrell responds to Navarro’s criticism, emphasising Australia’s adherence to US trade regulations in the aluminium dispute.

Shipping containers to be transferred from the port of Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell has rejected claims that Australian aluminium exports are harming the U.S. market, saying that the increase in exports was done with the full approval of the U.S. government.

“I don’t believe we have [been killing the U.S. aluminium market],” he told ABC radio on Feb. 13.