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US President Donald Trump went to his golf course in Florida on Friday as the financial markets collapsed after his new tariffs.

After $10.4 trillion wipeout, US expected to fall into recession ‘under weight of tariffs’

While the White House says Trump’s plan is working, some Republicans have joined Democrats to introduce a bill to terminate new tariffs unless the US Congress approves them.

  • Michael Koziol and Rob Harris

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Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing

The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods

Beijing’s most comprehensive response to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.

  • Lisa Visentin
Bond-Eye Group CEO Steve Philpott in his showroom in Alexandria, Sydney. Australian fashion brands are plotting the best way to navigate Trump’s tariffs.

‘Someone has to pay’: Battle-weary Australian fashion labels bruised by Trump tariffs

Australian fashion brands expect a hit on the $28 billion industry, but some canny business leaders are looking for upside in the turmoil.

  • Jessica Yun
Donald Trump holds up his chart of “reciprocal tariffs” at the announcement event in Washington.

Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

  • The Age's View
Trump and Professor Ross Garnaut don’t agree on tariff policy.

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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Donald Trump holds up a chart of “reciprocal tariffs” while speaking during a Make America Wealthy Again trade announcement event in Washington.

Melting down: Trump has put America on the road to a deep economic crisis

Donald Trump thought markets would help beat his victims into submission. Instead, they have turned on him.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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Economic turmoil created by Trump’s tariffs will affect everything from coffee to interest rates

The turmoil caused by Trump’s “Liberation Day” has been more wide-ranging than even the president could have expected. But what does it mean for me?

  • Shane Wright
US President Donald Trump, left, and Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary last month.

New world order: Trump’s tariff attack sparks global recession fears

His trade secretary says a recession would be “worth it” to restructure the US economy, while Trump plays it down but admits there could be bumps.

  • Michael Koziol
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of industries affected by the US tariffs.

‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow

The French president has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.

  • James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey

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