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Andrew Robb

May

US President Donald Trump.

Don’t believe the spin – the Australian election was Trumped

I’ve had enough of the misreading of the result. It was not about Labor’s strategic brilliance but rather voters’ response to Donald Trump’s wrecking ball.

April

Donald Trump has America headed for a painful recession.

How Trump destroyed the world America built

The US president has successfully promoted populism, isolation and nationalism, accelerating de-globalisation and protectionism, all under the pretext of safeguarding economic security.

December 2020

China's commerce minister  Gao Hucheng and then  prime minister Tony Abbott during the China-Australia FTA signing ceremony in Canberra in 2015.

There's an alternative way forward for China and Australia

The economic relationship is too important for both sides not to work harder at repairing political ties. This requires understanding of the values underpinning the two societies.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/by/andrew-robb-p4yw3d