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Trump is a big fan of tariffs.

Trump is intensifying his trade war. Australia may not be immune

Donald Trump is backing up his belief that tariff “is the most beautiful word in the dictionary”.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Workers load barrels of bourbon on to a truck at The Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. US whiskey exports to Europe fell 27 per cent after the bloc imposed retaliatory tariffs in 2020.

‘We’re prepared’: Europe has Trump playbook ready to roll, sources say

The European Union’s so-called Trump task force spent 2024 preparing for a possible trade dispute. Specifics are secret, but guiding principles are becoming clear.

  • Jeanna Smialek
Trump may have to rethink his belief that trade wars are “easy to win”.

Dumb and dumber: Trump’s war on the world is not going to plan

Donald Trump just aimed his most powerful weapon at his closest trade allies and has gained nothing substantial.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump insists NATO nations ramp up defence outlays to 5 per cent of their annual economic output.

Trump pressures Europe to fix its own defences

Europe knows after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it needs to spend more on defence. Donald Trump’s election has only made that imperative more urgent.

  • Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger
US President Donald Trump signs a slew of executive orders on the first day of his presidency.

Trump is ditching climate action, again. This time, there are ways to fight back

Within hours of his inauguration, the US president issued executive orders to withdraw from the UN treaty and expand fossil fuels. Australia should not be tempted to follow suit.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers his New Year speech to the French Army as he visits at the Digital Support and Cyber Command (CATNC) of the French Army, in Cesson-Sevigne, western France.

‘Wake up’ and spend more on defence, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office

“Who would have thought a year ago that Greenland would be at the centre of political and strategic debates?,” the French president said without mentioning Trump by name.

  • Sylvia Corbet
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President-elect Donald Trump

How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

  • The Age's View

What to expect around the world in 2025

One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.

  • Lisa Visentin, Zach Hope, Farrah Tomazin, Rob Harris and Lia Timson
Elon Musk has supported a far-right German party on X.

‘Intrusive and presumptuous’: Fury in Germany after Musk backs far-right party ahead of elections

Elon Musk’s commentary has led to a debate in German media over the boundaries of free speech, with Welt am Sonntag’s opinion editor announcing her resignation on X.

A shadow has fallen over Anthony Albanese’s prime ministership in 2024.

Politics, like comedy, is about timing. Albanese will be a victim of the liberal era’s fall

Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century. Anthony Albanese will never be that.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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