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Economists expect the Australian dollar to climb throughout the year.

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A plummeting Australian dollar could force a rethink of interest rate cuts and increase the cost of essential items, market analysts have warned.

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Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin all seek radical change to the current world order.

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2019. Financial markets are concerned about a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

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Xi Jinping and Donald Trump can’t let relations between China and the US deteriorate any further.

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China is considering a range of ideas to fix its economic mess. It may have to take more radical and painful measures if Donald Trump starts a new trade war.

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2019. Financial markets are concerned about a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

‘Shockingly cavalier’: Trump invites Xi Jinping to inauguration

No head of state has previously made an official visit to the US for the inauguration, according to State Department historical records - let alone an adversary.

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The president and vice president of the Philippines are at each other’s throats. But the row is a potential proxy for a much more significant conflict.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front, second from right) at the final G20 photocall.

Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference

“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the argument for putting more pressure on Russia over its invasion, siding with fellow leaders from the US, United Kingdom, Canada and Europe.

‘Mr Putin could end this conflict today’: Albanese makes case for peace at summit without solutions

Leaders from the world’s biggest economies have split on how to end conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, highlighting the deep divisions at the G20 summit.

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US President Joe Biden was turned away after showing up late to the official G20 photo.

How Xi worked the room at G20 while Biden went AWOL

Most leaders assembled for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, the summit host city, but nobody appeared to notice that Joe Biden was running late.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a bilateral meeting with the President of China, Xi Jinping, in Rio de Janeiro, on Monday 18 November 2024. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 summit. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen .

‘Turnaround’: Xi talks up China ties in G20 talks with Albanese

The Chinese president has acknowledged the “twists and turns” in Beijing’s relations with Australia during a meeting that sought to cement a strategic partnership rocked by trade disputes.

  • David Crowe

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