The sound and fury from the political establishment over Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” trade measures has papered over an underwhelming first week of the election campaign for both sides.
It’s an assessment measured against the five policy imperatives outlined by The Australian Financial Review: budget repair to revive economic growth; tax reform to boost business investment; workplace deregulation to lift productivity; a credible energy transition plan; and a robust foreign policy response to the erosion of a US-led global order.