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Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump

Australia spared Trump tariff letter as Ley says Albanese should secure special deal

Trade Minister Don Farrell met his US counterpart Jamieson Greer in Paris overnight as Anthony Albanese prepares to hold his first meeting with Donald Trump this month.

  • Paul Sakkal, Michael Koziol and Simon Johanson

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The OECD says Australia’s housing crisis is holding the nation back economically.

Australia’s horror housing crisis singled out by global think tank

A chorus of experts argues the nation is being hamstrung by a dysfunctional housing sector. Now the world is taking notice of just how bad it is.

  • Shane Wright
Vladimir Putin speaks to China’s President Xi Jinping during the Victory Day parade in Moscow.

Putin gave him ice-cream. Xi says they’re best friends. But this bromance has limits

The leaders of Russia and China have cultivated an image of affection that has alarmed Donald Trump, but not all is as it seems, analysts say.

  • Lisa Visentin
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the rain after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday.

The hidden nasty for Australian investors in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

A proposed new tax on foreigners is buried in the details of legislation championed by the US president, and it could hurt Australian super funds, multinationals and high-net-worth individuals.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump has doubled tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Albanese urged to confront Trump in person after doubling down on tariffs

The opposition urged the prime minister to be “respectful but assertive” during his expected meeting with Donald Trump this month.

  • Paul Sakkal
Victor and Chloe Schwartz, owners of V.O.S. Selections, a New York-based wine-import company, have successfully challenged the Trump administration in court to block tariffs that affect their small business.

How Victor took on the US president – and blew up Trump’s plans to tax the world

Victor Schwartz was cooking dinner on Wednesday night – a bottle of wine already uncorked – when he received a piece of legal news that would infuriate Donald Trump and ricochet around the world.

  • Angie Orellana Hernandez and Tobi Raji
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US President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corporation’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant on Friday.

Trump says he will double steel, aluminium tariffs to 50 per cent

Trade Minister Don Farrell responded by saying the tariffs – which would affect about $1 billion worth of Australian metal exports – were “unjustified and not the act of a friend”.

  • Michael Koziol
Trucks from Russia and Belarus wait for custom clearance at a parking lot in Manzhouli, a Chinese town on the border of Russia.

Giant dolls, an empty theme park and semi-trailers: The tourist trap that’s now a lifeline for Russia

We arrive in Manzhouli a day before Xi Jinping is to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. It’s a ghost town, where bored attendants man empty rides. But a dusty carpark nearby tells the real story.

  • Lisa Visentin
President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs have been ruled unlawful by two separate courts.

Trump rages at ‘hustler’ judges with his tariff agenda at mercy of the courts

In a chaotic legal scramble, an appeals court allowed Trump’s reciprocal tariffs to remain, temporarily, while the administration appeals the block, as a second US court found the tariffs unlawful.

  • Michael Koziol
North Asia Correspondent Lisa Visentin visited the Chinese border town of Manzhouli, the country's largest land port, which has become a critical trade lifeline for Russia as it wages war in Ukraine.
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In the Chinese border town of Manzhouli, trade with Russia is booming

North Asia Correspondent Lisa Visentin visited the Chinese border town of Manzhouli, the country's largest land port, which has become a critical trade lifeline for Russia as it wages war in Ukraine.

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