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“The scars are still there”: the Australian journalist who was imprisoned in China for more than three years, Cheng Lei.

China’s money makes us rich but, as I well know, you can’t put a price on freedom

Falsely accused of espionage, I was jailed for more than three years in China. It is incumbent on everyone, not just Anthony Albanese, to be clear-eyed and cool-headed when it comes to Beijing.

  • Cheng Lei

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Anthony Albanese and Li Qiang inspect troops in Beijing before a formal meeting.

Albanese says Taiwan ‘status quo’ remains after questions on Chinese media report

The prime minister has played down a claim that he stated his opposition to Taiwan’s independence in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

  • Paul Sakkal
Markets have been in wait-and-see mode on Trump’s trade proclamations, given he has changed rates and deadlines multiple times since he announced country-by-country tariffs on April 2.

Labor and Coalition in lockstep as Trump threatens to pull pharma tariffs forward

Donald Trump has announced plans to impose sky-high tariffs on pharmaceuticals, Australia’s third-largest export to the US.

  • Nick Newling
Anthony Albanese meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.

China and Xi give Albanese a warm welcome, but another side is never far away

The meeting between the two leaders was jovial as both smiled for the cameras. But several photographers were kept away, and other journalists had had a security incident earlier in the day.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks in Shanghai.

‘Patient, deliberate, calibrated’: Albanese walks trade-security tightrope in China

The PM will use a meeting with China’s Premier Li Qiang to spruik the benefits of Australia’s stabilised relationship after vowing not to back down on security issues.

  • Paul Sakkal
Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Why Twiggy’s happy to cut the oranges for Team Australia

Andrew Forrest, the mining tycoon turned climate saviour, was in trademark form as he – wearing a Ukraine flag pin on his jacket – praised the PM, issued AI warnings and trumpeted green steel.

  • Paul Sakkal
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The Republicans are using a process that requires only a simple majority of 51 of the 100 senators.

Trump wants Europe to surrender to him

Donald Trump has presented the European Union with a massive dilemma as he continues his war on the world.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, walk along the Bund with former Socceroo and Shanghai Port FC manager Kevin Muscat.

Albanese’s sunny welcome in Shanghai overshadowed by AUKUS dilemma

Recent engagements between Australia and China have been dripping in niceties, but the shadow of Trump looms over the prime minister’s six-day tour through China.

  • Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiance Jodie Haydon walk along the Bund with former Socceroo and Shanghai Port FC Manager Kevin Muscat in Shanghai.

PM and fiancee step out in Shanghai to kick off soccer diplomacy

In a bid to appeal to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s love for the world game, Anthony Albanese sought the help of an Australian sporting legend.

  • Paul Sakkal
Donald Trump sent similar letters to 23 other trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil, setting blanket tariff rates ranging from 20 per cent up to 50 per cent, as well as a 50 per cent tariff on copper.

Trump intensifies trade war with threat of 30 per cent tariffs on EU, Mexico

The EU and Mexico, both among the largest US trading partners, called the tariffs unfair and disruptive.

  • Jarrett Renshaw, Bhargav Acharya and Cassandra Garrison

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/trade-63b