The return of Donald Trump to the most powerful democracy in the world will likely lead to substantial changes in the protocols of trade with the newly elected president expected to enact across the board tariffs that could impact on Australia’s reliance upon its export industries.

With Australian being a trading nation Stephen Hill asked Dr Medo Pournader of the University of Melbourne what we can expect from the implementation of tariffs in an increasingly nationalist trading environment?

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Produced By: Stephen Hill

Featured In Story: Dr Medo Pournader, Senior Lecturer, Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, and

First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 27 November 2024