INTERVIEW WITH TOM MCILROY, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS PODCAST, THE GUARDIAN

CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:

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Subjects: Treasury IGB, G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, tariffs, reform roundtable, Treasurer's reading list

TomMcIlroy:

Hi, I'm TomMcIlroy, coming to you from the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples in Canberra. We have a special early episode in your podcast feed this week.

Ahead of his trip to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Durban this week, Treasurer JimChalmers joins the podcast to talk about Australia's dream scenario in dealing with DonaldTrump's trade war.

JimChalmers:

Oh, the dream scenario is that these unnecessary tariffs are lifted. I mean we have to be realistic about that.

McIlroy:

As well as immediate challenges at ...