Today
Trump says auto tariffs set for April 2, approves LNG exports
The president continues to press his effort to remake global trade to address what he says is a system that is tilted against the US.
- Reuters and Bloomberg
This Month
Canada should consider tax on aluminium exports to the US: premier
The Quebec premier said a tax on products made by Alcoa and Rio Tinto could create leverage in negotiations with President Donald Trump’s administration.
- Mathieu Dion and Thomas Seal
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
No guarantees for Trump’s unlikely tariff buddy
A relieved Anthony Albanese managed to persuade the president to at least consider exempting Australia from the 25 per cent tariffs on US steel and aluminium imports. Can that reprieve last?
- Jennifer Hewett
- 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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Investors should beware Trumping at shadows over tariffs
Be careful of buying or selling the rumour around the president’s policies before seeing the facts. Beware fake news.
- James Thomson
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
- Trade wars
There is a compelling case maintaining US-Australia free trade
It is up to the Australian government and business leaders to keep showing up and demonstrating how the relationship makes America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
- April Palmerlee
Trump wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan
The president said he believes that a resolution can be found without the need for punitive action, though he’s keeping tariffs are on the table for now.
- Aamer Madhani and Mari Yamaguchi
Trump says he’ll announce reciprocal tariffs next week
In a major escalation of his trade war with US economic partners the president said the new measures would affect “everyone”, without specifying exactly what was planned.
- Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Jenny Leonard
US trade deficit hit record in 2024 as imports surged
The US recorded its largest trade deficit in goods with China, followed by the European Union, Mexico, Vietnam and then Ireland.
- Ana Swanson
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
Trump pauses trade war on Mexico, Canada
Mexico and Canada have agreed to Donald Trump’s demands to tighten up illegal immigration and drug trafficking in exchange for pausing sweeping tariffs.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- 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
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Trump’s trade war could hit inflation, rates, and growth in Australia
The pressure is on the Albanese government to negotiate the same deal the Turnbull government did in 2018, which exempted Australia from steel and aluminium tariffs.
- The AFR View
- Updated
- Trump's White House
Trump tariffs hit ASX as Australian businesses assess costly fallout
Shares in export-oriented companies from healthcare to retail crashed as the US president vowed to expand his trade restrictions to other industries.
- Updated
- Michael Smith, Simon Evans and Mark Wembridge
- Opinion
- UK politics
Can the UK chancellor save Britain’s economy?
The UK has underinvested for decades and now faces serious growth and budget constraints.
- Mohamed El-Erian
- 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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Market panic may be the best protection against Trump’s tariff war
Investors were sure the “Art of the Deal” schtick would mean import duties would be avoided. Now they face a world of “uncontrollable chaos”.
- James Thomson
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