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President Donald Trump at a rally in Michigan to mark his first 100 days in office.

US kids may get ‘two dolls instead of 30’, but China will suffer more, says Trump

The US president has tried to reassure a nervous country that his tariffs will not provoke a recession, after a government report showed the US economy shrank since he took office.

  • Josh Boak

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China’s President Xi Jinping can beat Donald Trump at his own game.

It’s chess, not checkers: China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
An F-35 fighter jet.

How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump, targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

  • Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger
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On TikTok, there’s only one winner from Trump’s tariff death spiral with China

First came the AI-generated videos depicting Americans working in sweatshops. Since then, it’s been open slather, gifting Beijing a PR win.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China warns countries against striking trade deals with US at its expense

Beijing says it will firmly oppose such deals and would “take countermeasures in a resolute and reciprocal manner”.

  • Liz Lee

Is it time for Australia to acquire its own nuclear weapons?

Acquiring nuclear weapons would take Australia down a costly, contentious and perilous path. But with Trump in the White House, we must not be naive to the dangers we face.

  • Clive Hamilton
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Pope Francis has an outstanding wish to visit China. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

Pope Francis has an outstanding wish. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?

No Pope has set foot in China, but Francis wants that to change. Critics say the cost of doing deals with Beijing has already been too high.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Boeing deliveries to China have previously been disrupted at times of tension between Washington and Beijing.

Boeing jet returns to US from China amid tariff war

At least one Chinese airline could be halting deliveries due to US tariffs.

  • Lisa Barrington, Sophie Yu, Dan Catchpole and Tim Hepher
US President Donald Trump has signalled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the United States and China.

Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end, TikTok deal on ice

The US president says he doesn’t want to go higher and may want to go lower “because at a certain point you make it where people don’t buy”.

  • Trevor Hunnicutt
Donald Trump has lost his leverage in trade negotiations, while Xi Jinping is now serious about boosting domestic demand.

Trump has already lost his trade war against China

Beijing is hardly likely to roll over given its financial and global trading strength.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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