Exclusive: Dfat memos obtained under freedom of information reveal confusion at US president-elect’s moves

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Government ministers have urged calm over Donald Trump’s shifting tariffs as newly obtained documents reveal Australian officials grappled with the incoming US president’s “unclear” trade proposals in the wake of his election victory.

Talking points documents prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the hours after Trump’s election win and obtained by the Guardian under freedom of information legislation said the government was not sure how his trade agenda could affect Australia.

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