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Donald Trump has tried to implement wide-ranging tariffs on trading partners.

Trump era causing a ‘loss of faith’ in free trade

Former Liberal finance minister Mathias Cormann has warned of a high price to pay if economies strayed too far from a commitment to a fair and open trading system.

  • Chris Zappone

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The OECD tax project will fall onto the desk of Australia’s Matthias Cormann.

Thanks to Trump administration, Mathias Cormann on top of the world

The former Liberal finance minister has been appointed to another five-year term as Secretary-General of the OECD, backed by US government.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Margaret Gardner, Governor of Victoria.

Governor gets (honorary) membership of an eclectic club

Margaret Gardner will be involved in the 160th anniversary celebrations of the Kelvin Club, renowned for its inclusive, free-thinking vibe.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Then prime minister Scott Morrison and US President Donald Trump had a good rapport as “surprise” election winners.

What did Australia promise? Inside the room where Trump and Morrison talked tariffs

Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.

  • David Crowe and Michael Koziol
Luke Sayers, former PwC Australia CEO, during a hearing with the finance and public administration references commitee, at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

Carlton president Luke Sayers was Mathias Cormann’s back-up plan, inquiry reveals

The former finance minister saw a job at ex-PwC boss Sayers’ group as a plan B, if he didn’t become secretary-general of the OECD.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Joe Hockey gives good chat.

Virtually good value: A jolly Joe Hockey gig costs $20,000 a pop

The former treasurer, who once declared an end to the “age of entitlement”, has a big price tag attached to his time.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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PwC scandal should remind Albanese to stay strong on multinational tax secrecy

The Albanese government has delayed legislation which will make it more difficult for multinationals to hide their tax avoidance. Now is not the time to give in to the tax dodgers.

  • Joseph Stiglitz
Mathias Cormann hadn’t expected to be swapping Paris for Perth, but is enjoying his job at the OECD.

Cormann’s ‘extraordinary’ day in Kyiv, and what he thinks of Zelensky

When the idea of becoming the OECD boss was first run by him, Mathias Cormann said no. Now he’s travelling to war zones.

  • Latika Bourke
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann addressing the Delphi Economic Forum in Delphi.

Cormann warns the West that decoupling from China would be a costly mistake

The OECD head says while it is “entirely sensible” to de-risk supply lines from being dependent on China, total decoupling by the West would leave the world poorer.

  • Latika Bourke
Scott Morrison (right) and Alex Hawke in parliament on Wednesday.

ScoMo to give talk to Murdoch’s Hudson hawks

Fresh from Wednesday’s historic parliamentary censure, the former prime minister is off to Washington for a lucrative speaking gig to a Murdoch-backed think tank.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman

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