An escalation in trade tensions between the Trump administration and the European Union is pushing the Australian dollar higher ahead of inflation data that is expected to reinforce the case for more interest rate cuts.

Donald Trump at the weekend suggested he would apply a steeper tax to European exports in just over a week after describing trade talks as “going nowhere”. The US president said he would recommend a 50 per cent tariff on imports from Europe starting at the end of the month.

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