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Susan Stone

This Month

Donald Trump’s counsel for Americans to be patient and that his tariffs will return manufacturing to the United States, implies a longer term, more permanent, process at play.

Trump’s tariffs will isolate America from global trade solution

Many countries that share US concerns about China’s industrial subsidies will now see it as a more reliable trade partner.

March

According to Peter Navarro, a top advisor of President Trump, Australian aluminium has been ‘heavily subsidised’ and ‘dumped’ into US markets.

Trump’s tariff puts Australia in hard place between iron ore and China

If Australia wants to negotiate an exemption to US tariffs, it will need to convince the White House it will fight Chinese subsidies while not overly subsidising its own sectors.

February

US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G-20 summit in Osaka last year.

How China is turning Trump’s tariff war into a win

Rising US protectionism may prove to be an opportunity for Beijing to further improve trade ties with America’s frustrated allies.

September 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during the debate. Tariffs are on the agenda of both candidates.

What Trump or Harris would mean for global markets and Australia

Tariffs are unlikely to have a direct impact on Australian trade, but changes to US trade policy may have a larger effect on our ambition to diversify our export base.

July 2024

Presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for the final day of the Republican National Convention.

What is Trumponomics 2.0, and how will Australia manage it?

Some of Donald Trump’s new economic plans may help Canberra. Most of them will leave us more alone in increasingly volatile world markets.

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