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ASX closes in the red after Wall Street tumbles on US-China tensions
The Australian sharemarket finished a turbulent week in the red, with miners falling after Wall Street slumped overnight.
- Gemma Grant
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Trump’s tariffs on China are actually 145 per cent, White House clarifies
Meanwhile, the president said countries initially hit with a 10 per cent tariff – such as Australia – could negotiate a lower rate depending on what they offered the US.
- Michael Koziol
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ASX posts $100b rally as it goes from fear to frenzy
The Australian sharemarket posted its biggest jump in five years on Thursday after Wall Street had its third-best day since World War II following Donald Trump’s stunning tariffs reversal.
- Miriam Steffens and Nick Newling
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$41 billion wiped from ASX as Trump’s tariffs kick in
Shares fell sharply in another turbulent day on Wednesday, as the Trump administration ramped up the pressure on China and imposed its sweeping global tariffs.
- Clancy Yeates
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Trump mocks world leaders, claims they are ‘kissing my ass’ to make a deal on tariffs
Trump was speaking at a Republican Party black tie dinner after his own trade representative was grilled at a Senate hearing about why the US whacked tariffs on Australian goods.
- Michael Koziol
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Darth Orange: Trade war shows Donald Trump has embraced the dark side
It’s likely this trade war is just the first episode in what will be a four-year-long saga. A New Hope can’t come soon enough.
- William Bennett
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‘Mistake on top of mistake’: China responds to Trump’s threats, vowing to ‘fight to the end’
Beijing has hit back at Donald Trump’s threats of more tariffs with a threat of its own.
- Michael Koziol
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- Trade wars
Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it
The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.
- Michael Koziol
‘Buckle up’: Aussie dollar plummets as US-China trade war lets rip
The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest point in five years, with travellers and importers set to feel the brunt.
- Nick Newling
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Trump wants to close off America. If he succeeds, the global consequences will be catastrophic
Under Donald Trump, the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end, not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.
- Peter Hartcher
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