Yesterday
- Opinion
- Innovation
Australia’s critical slide in R&D is now a national emergency
In a world reshaping through emerging technologies, the nation needs to put innovation at the centre of its competitive DNA to set up its fortunes for decades.
- Robyn Denholm
- Analysis
- Trade wars
Why China is to blame for Trump’s metals tariffs
Existing American taxes already restrict steel and aluminium shipments from the Asian nation, which is now flooding other markets with its exports instead.
- Updated
- Keith Bradsher
Trump’s tariff plan attacked in Congress as ‘insult to Australians’
At least one US legislator has lambasted the president’s intention to slug Australian steel and aluminum imports into America.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
This Month
PM to go head-to-head with Trump on tariff threat
Australian exports to the US could be hit by taxes after the American president announced a duty on metals coming in from every other nation.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey and Simon Evans
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Albanese must stand up to Trump’s Gaza plan
Australia must be prepared to stick up for the international rule of law system that has contributed to our nation’s security, peace, and stability for decades.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Technology & democracy
DeepSeek is a sign of China’s structural shift, not decline
Contrary to the narrative that China’s private sector has been squeezed into irrelevance, major developments in new industries are being led by young entrepreneurs.
- Geoff Raby
- Analysis
- Trade wars
China’s Xi plays cool hand in Trump’s tariff war
The presidents face off in trade negotiations, but Beijing’s measured response to new levies shows just how much it has learned since last time.
- Jessica Sier
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
China’s Mr Big won’t cave to Trump for nothing
The US president thinks he has the upper hand in the trade war. But Xi Jinping might be ready to make some hard decisions.
- Updated
- Shuli Ren
EU seeks early US talks to avert Trump tariffs
The president has repeatedly complained about the US goods trade deficit with the 27-country European Union.
- Philip Blenkinsop
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
There is a price to be paid for Trump’s ‘deals’
Markets welcomed the president’s reprieve for tariffs on Mexico and Canada, and talks with China. But there’s a big price for using chaos as a bargaining tool.
- James Thomson
Meet the most accurate economic forecaster of 2024
The Reserve Bank will cut the cash rate, according to Paul Bloxham, but don’t count on a big drop in borrowing costs as this cycle will be a short one.
- Updated
- Cecile Lefort
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump is using tariffs as a weapon, no matter the cost
The US president’s use of tariffs against China in his first term is now in full bloom as a general panacea to impose on even close US allies for a range of problems.
- Jennifer Hewett
Trump says EU tariffs will be next
Trump’s latest comments leave little room for optimism of an agreement to avoid a North American trade war that may spread across the world.
- Skylar Woodhouse
US exceptionalism is peaking: expert
The “magnificent seven” are poised to become the “lagnificent seven” as the tailwinds that have propelled American equities fade, Michael Hartnett argues.
- Updated
- Timothy Moore
Trump to impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China this weekend
The president said there was nothing the three countries could do to prevent the tariffs from going into force. He also said EU imports would be next.
- Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak
January
US Fed cools rate cut talk as prospects of RBA easing balloon
If Michele Bullock holds the cash rate steady on February 18, it will represent the most counter-consensus decision since that of Glenn Stevens in April 2015.
- Cecile Lefort
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
Trump makes everyone a winner on bitcoin
The launch of $Trump is a clear signal that the president is serious about leaning into American exceptionalism and driving that innovation on cryptocurrencies.
- Sinclair Davidson
War room, webinars: Corporate America tries to cope with Trump blitz
Businesses have been left trying to nail down what the tax, immigration, DEI and energy orders will mean for them.
- Stephen Foley, James Fontanella-Khan and Jamie Smyth
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Top CEOs reveal 17 ways to make Australia great again
The executives were asked to think big picture about the risks and opportunities we’re not sufficiently considering. Here are their ideas for a better nation.
- James Thomson
- Updated
- Energy
Trump slams Europe, threatens ‘trillions’ in tariffs
The president lambasted Canada’s trade surplus with the US and also fired a verbal volley at the European Union’s restrictions on his country.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen