Trade wars
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump wants to shut America off from the rest of the world
If Donald Trump wins the election and follows through on his economic threats, it could destroy a system that has been in place since the end of World War II.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Chalmers likes China’s economic stimulus plans but lobster still not on the menu
Speaking in the Chinese capital on Friday after meetings with local officials, the treasurer said Australia had “a lot at stake” when it came to China’s economic slowdown.
- by Lisa Visentin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Hey, big spenders: The most profligate election campaign in US history
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are announcing new big-ticket election promises almost daily. Harris’ agenda appears less unaffordable than Trump’s.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
Iron ore slump shows that China’s deflation risk is rising
If the iron ore price is a barometer of the health of China’s economy, then it is signalling a level of weakness that ought to galvanise China’s policymakers.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
The $53 trillion shadow hanging over the US election
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have each rolled out reckless plans that will add to one of America’s biggest problems.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inflation
Why economists worry about Trumpflation
Despite Kamala Harris’ ascent in the polls, it remains quite possible that Donald Trump will win the US election. And if he does, inflation in the world’s largest economy may become a major problem again.
- by Paul Krugman
Opinion
Opinion
China’s trade policy is almost a declaration of economic war
Forget free trade: Beijing aims to demolish its rivals and achieve monopolistic hegemony across entire industries, seeing trade as ideological warfare against democracies.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump trades: Markets are betting against Europe, oil and humanity
How would one have “priced” global markets in 1912 or 1937, when the writing already was on the wall, but nothing was predetermined, and one could still hope? Worth pondering.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
ASX dips, tech stocks fall after Nasdaq has its worst day since 2022
Local technology shares tracked their US peers lower, dragging down the ASX benchmark on Thursday, with interest-rate sensitive sectors also sliding amid the sell-off.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
China
Trump’s shadow looms larger over China
The increased likelihood that Donald Trump will regain the US presidency is a threat to Xi Jinping’s factory-led strategy for restructuring China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Retail
Amazon’s radical plan to fight off Shein and Temu
Amazon looks worried that it can’t beat the two Chinese juggernauts of low-priced online retailing. So it’s decided to join them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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