Trade Minister Don Farrell said Canberra is in talks with other nations to cut its reliance on the US

“I’m hopeful that those countries around the world who do believe in free and fair trade can reach an agreement to extend free-trade agreements across the globe, so that irrespective of what the Americans might choose to do, we have a greater diversity of trading partners,” Farrell told Sky News.

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