Trade wars
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- Inflation
‘I love the inflation,’ Trump says. Americans beg to differ
The US president can brag as much as he likes about his trade policies and his “successes” against Iran, but US households are being squeezed ever harder by the war and his tariffs.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Opinion
- Opinion
There’s a new front in the global trade war, and Trump’s not part of it
Europe is considering steps to stem the flow of imports from China ravaging its manufacturing industries. Beijing has warned it will retaliate.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Anti-slavery tsar says Trump tariff a distraction from human rights issues
Anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans said the Trump administration had conducted a “show trial” before proposing its new tariff.
- Matthew Knott and Nick Newling
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump’s third and maybe final attempt to build a global tariff wall
The latest tariff regime that Donald Trump is trying to erect is a transparently cynical attempt to do what US courts have told him he can’t do.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Modern slavery
‘Unwarranted’: Trump proposes new 12.5 per cent tariff on Australia
The Trump administration has proposed an extra 12.5 per cent tariff on Australia, angering the federal government.
- Matthew Knott and Rob Harris
Trump’s newest tariffs are ‘unjustified’, says Albanese
The prime minister defended the government’s anti-slavery response, the justification of the US’s latest tranche of tariffs
- Nick Newling
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Trump might tear up ‘the best deal ever made’
US President Donald Trump is taking aim at America’s neighbours as he opens a new front in his trade wars.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump’s China tinkering won’t end the trade war
While the US president declared last week’s summit meeting with Xi Jinping a success, his “fantastic” deals changed nothing structural or material in their hostile trade relationship.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump wraps up Beijing summit with plenty of goodwill but few blockbuster deals
The leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world have spent the past two days at their cordial best, with the Trump administration confident the visit will pay dividends.
- Lisa Visentin
How Trump’s concessions risk affecting Australia’s own interests
Donald Trump is in Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping and strike a trade deal, but will he inadvertently make it harder for the rest of us?