Photo: Coonamble resident Neil Ruttley is an example of how Trump’s trade tariffs can hit us at home.
A Coonamble retiree had a rude shock when he checked his superannuation after US tariffs threw global markets into a spin.
Sixty-three-year-old Neil Ruttley lost tens of thousands of dollars within about a fortnight in April after American president Donald Trump announced sweeping import taxes on countries including Australia.
Trump imposed a ten per cent baseline tariff on all countries on 5 April and flagged import taxes . . .
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