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Trump diplomacy

Yesterday

Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn argued Australia was insulated from US tariffs, but could be hurt by the flow on effect.

CBA, NAB chief executives prepare for long-term Trump disruptions

Matt Comyn and Andrew Irvine offer a view of an uncertain environment where upheaval could create big productivity gains – or cause serious harm.

Donald Trump supporters Gina Rinehart and Elon Musk at a meeting in Florida earlier this year.

What (wagyu exporter) Gina Rinehart thinks of Trump’s tariff war

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart says Donald Trump’s tariff agenda should prompt Australian governments to cut taxes for Australian farmers and small businesses.

Houthi supporters chant slogans and hold pictures of Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Houthi movement, during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen.

Pentagon says operation targeting Yemen’s Houthis is open-ended

The Pentagon said US forces had struck more than 30 Houthi targets since Saturday, including command-and-control and training sites and drone infrastructure.

USS Halsey, JS Sazanami and HMAS Warramunga on a “regional presence deployment”.

Australia’s allies must step up in the Indo-Pacific

Readers’ letters on dealing with Donald Trump’s isolationism, looking to Congress for tariff relief, Rio’s clean energy move, Peter Dutton’s track record, and a CANZUK alliance.

Why CBA and NAB chiefs fear a double Trump hit

Australia has plenty of productivity challenges of its own, but Matt Comyn and Andrew Irvine see the US president’s policy chaos lingering for some time to come.  

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The impact of Trump’s tariff push has only just started showing up in credit markets.

The market ‘fracture’ the professionals are all watching

Wall Street had another good night, but there’s a part of financial markets that investors are getting increasingly worried about.

Russia spy story

How Russia uses sex to ensnare Western diplomats

Even in our age of high-tech cyberespionage, the oldest tricks can be the most effective.

This Month

A prison guard transfers deportees from the US, alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as court rebukes law

The US is paying El Salvador to hold the Venezuelans under an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio brokered with the Central American country’s president.

A house still smouldering after fires swept through parts of Oklahoma at the weekend.

At least 39 dead in US as tornadoes, wildfires and dust wreak havoc

President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media network that his administration was ready to assist affected communities.

Lynas’s Mount Weld rare earth project in Western Australia.

Reality bites critical-minerals hopes

Australia’s ambition of processing critical minerals is still mostly a dream, and one that won’t persuade Donald Trump to withhold tariffs on our exports.

Mark Zuckerberg with Joel Kaplan, Facebook's public policy head in charge of lobbying US politicians and the most prominent Republican in the company.

The Republican lobbyist who became Zuckerberg’s most trusted adviser

Meta’s newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded the social media giant’s pivot towards Donald Trump.

Trump has unleashed a barrage of tariffs already and plans more on April 2.

Read the questionnaire Trump has sent to Australian unis

A questionnaire sent to Australian universities by the Trump administration has sparked alarm among academics. You can read it here.

Donald Trump serving up fries at a McDonald’s during the US presidential campaign.

Australia turns to McDonald’s diplomacy in Trump trade war

The industry and federal government are alarmed that beef and lamb exports and pharmaceuticals could be next in Trump’s firing line as early as April 2.

Square Peg’s Paul Bassatt, OneVentures’ Michelle Deaker, Airtree’s Craig Blair,  Andrea Gardiner of Jelix Ventures, and Blackbird’s Rick Baker are among the investors who responded to the AFR survey.

14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead

More than a dozen of the country’s biggest tech investors say floats will return, there’s no AI bubble, and Donald Trump may be good news for local firms.

Former Perth Glory owner Tony Sage, before the club’s finances went downhill.

This Perth entrepreneur is surfing the Trump wave

Barely two years ago Tony Sage hit a low, losing control of Perth Glory soccer club. Now, thanks to Trump, he’s facing an open goal in Greenland and Ukraine.

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The Trump administration’s intrusion into Australian research is a “slippery slope”, says Roy Green.

Trump ideological vetting of local uni research a ‘slippery slope’

Australian researchers fear funding will be cut if their projects don’t comply with the Trump agenda.

Trump reiterated his interest in taking control of Greenland.

‘I think that will happen’: Trump confident of taking Greenland

The president again questioned Denmark’s claim on the territory, and said he sees “more and more” American soldiers heading to the island.

Trump threatens 200pc tariff on champagne

Industry experts warned on Thursday that such steep tariffs would crush trade between Europe and the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin rejects immediate ceasefire in Ukraine

The Russian president has struck a hard line over any deal to halt the fighting, even as he said he “supports the idea” behind a US-backed 30-day pause.

Donald Trump’s agenda now has powerful implications for Australian universities.

Universities accuse Trump administration of foreign influence

Australian researchers who receive US federal government funding have been asked to confirm they comply with the president’s anti-DEI, America-first agenda.

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