As the deadline for US tariffs on steel and aluminium looms, President Donald Trump and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have exchanged barbs.

Mr Turnbull has suggested the "chaos" of the Trump Administration was a "gift to China" — while the US President has labelled Mr Turnbull a “weak and ineffective leader”. So, will the exchange impact Australia's chances of carving out a tariff exemption?

Patricia Karvelas and Tom Crowley break it all down on Politics Now.

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