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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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Australian Economy

NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Australian $50, $20, $10 and $5 banknotes are shown arranged for a photograph on March 25, 2025 in Newcastle, Australia. The budget is expected to return to deficit after two years of surplus, focusing on cost-of-living relief measures, including extended electricity rebates and increased healthcare spending, while also addressing economic challenges and potential voter concerns ahead of the upcoming federal election. (Photo illustration by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

What tariff backflip means for Australia

Donald Trump has suspended higher tariffs for 90 days and he has lowered his reciprocal tariffs to 10 per cent, but what does this mean for Australia?

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 04, 2025 shows, L-R, US President Donald Trump in Miami, Florida, on April 3, 2025 and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 5, 2025. The world's second largest economy, China, appeared at the top of the tariffs list that Trump held up at the podium on April 3, with the president claiming that total tariffs on US goods charged by Beijing -- with currency manipulation factored in -- amounted to 67 percent. Trump said China's President Xi Jinping was among several world leaders who

‘Forceful retaliation’: China punches back

After plenty of mud-slinging, China has announced a massive manoeuvre to hit back at Donald Trump after its currency dipped dramatically.

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Elon Musk calls Peter Navarro 'dumber than a sack of bricks'

Musk explodes at Trump’s White House

The White House cracks are widening with the Tesla CEO lashing out at one of Donald Trump’s top tariff advisers saying he “dumber than bricks”.

The European Union is preparing to slap tariffs of up to 25 percent on a wide range of US goods in response to the Trump administration’s latest metal duties.

EU to propose whopping tax on all US goods

The European Union is preparing to slap tariffs of up to 25 per cent on US goods in response to the Trump administration’s latest tariffs.

US stocks soared for a brief window overnight.

‘It’s madness’: US market mysteriously soars

As predicted the US markets sank when they opened on Monday – until they began to soar. It was all down to a single X post – but something was wrong.

It's a new world under Trump. Picture: Supplied

UK’s scary warning after Trump tariffs

UK’s prime minister has delivered a grim warning to the world as he revealed his plan to deal with Donald Trump.

China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods from April 10 after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

China slaps whopping tariff on all US goods

Beijing has forcefully hit back at steep new US tariffs but Donald Trump has mocked the move as China “playing it wrong”.

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China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods from April 10 after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

China slaps whopping tariff on all US goods

China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

Empire State Building in New York to be lit up in green and gold in honour of Kylie Minogue and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Picture: Benedict Brook

Aussie pop star gets huge US honour

One of Australia’s biggest exports will get a huge US honours today – and the pop star herself has said it’s “mind blowing”.

Donald Trump is set to ditch 'liability' Elon Musk from his inner circle 'in the coming weeks'. Picture: Supplied

‘Liability’: Musk to leave White House

Reports have emerged that Donald Trump has told Elon Musk his time in his inner circle is up amid disquiet at his “unpredictable” actions.

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