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Dutton lashes Albanese over Ukraine troop commitment consideration
Australia’s military representative to NATO and the EU will this week attend a summit of countries offering to contribute to Ukraine peacekeeping force.
China hits back at Canada with fresh agriculture levies
The latest move by Beijing opens a new front in a trade war largely driven by US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
Canada’s Liberals elect new leader as Trudeau bows out
The race is between Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.
In Trump’s inflationary American dream, cheap does not mean good
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent backs the president’s trade war even if it worsens the cost-of-living squeeze on ordinary Americans.
Lessons for Australia in Trump’s stop-start tariff madness
The message is clear: the US will ignore any trade agreement or treaty, and will not necessarily honour contracts that have been entered into in good faith.
Is China serious about tackling the steel glut?
Four years after oversupply and rising consumer uncertainty killed China’s property boom, Beijing is again re-evaluating the steel industry that supplied it.
How a Trump energy darling got it so wrong
A disastrous IPO, disputes with major clients and disappointing inaugural results have burnt investors and raised doubts about Venture Global’s ability to deliver.
Why Trump’s economic gamble will force the Fed’s hand
Donald Trump’s strategy to crush demand while giving US companies a boost is driving the world’s largest economy toward the edge, but it could be all part of the plan.
This Month
Trump may sanction Russia, seeks nuclear deal with Iran
President Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements come as his shifting tariff policy moves heighten uncertainty across global financial markets.
Inside the explosive meeting where Trump officials took on Elon Musk
Secretaries fight back against a litany of personal attacks by Musk in a fiery cabinet meeting.
Trump annexation threats seen as deadly serious in Canada
President Donald Trump does not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border between the two countries was valid and that he wants to revise it.
Bessent warns of ‘detox period’ for US economy
US markets and the economy have “become addicted” to government spending and there will be an adjustment moving forward, the treasury secretary said.
US economy adds 151,000 jobs, slightly missing estimates
The report is the latest evidence that the labour market is softening, with more people permanently out of work and fewer workers on federal government payrolls.
It’s a very scary world. Here’s how Australia can make itself safe
As Department of Home Affairs former secretary Michael Pezzullo says, the country is not remotely ready to defend itself. We need to have nuclear weapons.
Why Trump’s agenda does not add up
Trump’s protectionist trade war has shocked the world. His deregulation agenda pleases business and investors. It will struggle to hold together.
ASX slips below 8000; Huge waves slam beaches; Joe Aston on WiseTech
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Donald Trump is the political equivalent of a natural disaster
Trump’s tariffs on Australian aluminium will have a modest economic impact, but his assault on US allies is changing Australia’s place in the world.
Trump pauses Mexico-Canada tariffs but no aluminium exemptions
Both countries secured an exemption until April 2, when the US expects to slap fresh levies, including “reciprocal” duties, on nations around the world.
US trade deficit hits record high in January as imports surge
Imports soared 10 per cent to $633.6 billion, the most in almost five years, as tariff clouds spurred a buying wave.
Election date is now caught in the eye of the storm
Cyclone Alfred threatens to inject more uncertainty into a contest, the outcome of which is already impossible to predict.