Today
Denmark, Vance raise tensions over Greenland ownership
Denmark’s prime minister will visit Greenland this week, hot on the heels of J.D Vance’s trip to the territory which ruffled feathers and lasted just hours.
The market playbooks are being rewritten after just three months
We’re in uncharted waters and people are listening to the captain to differing degrees, but there is a truckload of money to be made somewhere.
Trump pushes aides to go bigger on tariffs as Liberation Day nears
Wall Street is urging restraint, but the president has privately told advisers the import duties are a generational opportunity to transform the US economy.
My SMSF is cashed up for a Trump catastrophe
The global economic chaos unleashed by the president prompted this self-managed super fund to cut exposure to the United States and raise cash.
Trump warns EU companies to comply with his DEI ban
The move signals a push by the American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad.
Yesterday
Trump says he’s open to negotiations on tariffs
The US president, however, said he still planned to unveil a reciprocal tariff program on April 2 as he seeks to boost domestic manufacturing.
Vance slams Denmark for not keeping Greenland safe
The US vice president, without being specific, said the Danish territory had endured “a lot of very aggressive incursions” from Russia, China and other nations.
US consumer spending edges higher, key inflation metric rises
The data represent a double whammy for the economy before the brunt of tariffs from President Donald Trump.
This Month
China’s Xi meets global CEOs to urge trade stability
The Chinese president has called on business leaders to work together to protect supply chains, amid rising tensions with the Trump administration.
Albanese flags win on climate talks but tariffs, Ukraine unresolved
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted Australia is close to securing rights to host the next United Nations’ climate conference.
Why Albanese is confident of winning – partly thanks to Trump
The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic cost-of-living pressures.
Trump team’s bumbling chat leaks just the beginning
Trump’s top officials have a disregard for rules and safeguards that has trickled down from the US president himself, putting national security at risk.
Carney says US no longer a reliable trade partner
The Canadian prime minister has vowed there will be a “renegotiation” of the two allies’ trade agreement in the face of Donald Trump’s hostility.
Allies rethink F-35 fighter jets over Trump’s ‘kill switch’
Some of America’s allies are considering dumping plans to buy the $127 million US plane, as the president upends traditional military alliances.
Here’s Blackstone’s next big target in Australia
Just months after spending $24 billion to buy AirTrunk, Blackstone president Jon Gray has another big Australian market on his agenda.
Kennedy to slash 10,000 jobs in US health overhaul
Cuts include 3500 at the Food and Drug Administration, 2400 at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1200 at the National Institutes of Health.
Trump administration cut $1m funding for ANU terrorism research
ANU lost a $923,000 US-funded research grant into terrorism and targeted violence because it no longer “effectuates the priorities” of its backer, the Department of Homeland Security.
Car parts makers plead for tariff exemption as Trump fuels trade war
Australia-made car parts worth $200 million in sales are in the firing line of Donald Trump’s trade war.
Pressure on Hegseth grows as strike texts revealed
The revelation that sensitive attack plans were shared on a commercial messaging app, possibly on personal mobile phones, has triggered outrage in Washington.
PM set to call the election on Friday
Albanese’s department accidentally says government is in takeover mode on X; ANU staff support no confidence vote in leadership. How the day unfolded.