<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, saying they weren't "the act of a friend".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump singled out Australian beef imports to the US as he announced sweeping tariffs that threaten to spark a global trade war.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian exports to the US will be subject to a "baseline" 10 per cent tariff.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-live-updates-liberation-day-latest-politics-news-headlines/efe3d301-2104-4dd7-9ddf-808a8423e0dc" rel="" target="_blank" title="Donald Trump singles out Australian beef"><strong><span>Donald Trump singles out Australian beef</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese slammed the tariffs, saying they weren't unexpected, but were "totally unwarranted".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"President Trump referred to reciprocal tariffs. A reciprocal tariff would be zero, not 10 per cent," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The administration's tariffs have no basis in logic and they go against the basis of our two nation's partnership. This is not the act of a friend."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-liberation-day-anthony-albanese-responds-to-tariffs/bc61d499-8a36-4dbb-b9cf-90f2fc118bd5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese said the federal government will not impose reciprocal tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will stand up for Australia. We will continue to make the strongest case for these unjustified tariffs to be removed from our exporters," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-tariffs-anthony-albanese-doesnt-rule-out-australia-world-trade-organisation-case/0d6754b8-dca2-492f-a477-2bf8fb2cab22"><strong><span>PM doesn't rule out taking US to WTO over 'Liberation Day' tariffs</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But he also signalled that the Australia-US relationship could suffer under Trump's presidency.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Australian people have every right to view this action by the Trump administration as undermining our free and fair trading relationship and the shared values that have always been at the heart of our two nations' longstanding friendship," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This will have consequences for how Australians see this relationship."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In his White House announcement on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), Trump signalled he'll target Australia beef imports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Australia bans — and they're wonderful people, and wonderful everything — but they ban American beef.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yet we imported $US3 billion of Australian beef from them just last year alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They won't take any of our beef.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They don't want it because they don't want it to affect their farmers and you know, I don't blame them but we're doing the same thing right now starting at midnight tonight, I would say."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese said the government was determined to build new markets for exporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're boosting exports of Australian beef and red meat, expanding trade with the UK, European Union, and Indonesia, and, of course, we have cleared away over $20 billion in trade impediments with China."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trade Minister Don Farrell, speaking alongside Albanese, said one result of the tariffs could be a trade deal between Australia and the European Union.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We all know what happened the last time we had discussions with the Europeans. 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