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Trump took a massive swing on tariffs against China. It may cost him personally
After announcing global tariffs that sent sharemarkets into a spin, Donald Trump went golfing. The impacts of his trade war should have been glaringly obvious.
- Millie Muroi
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‘Mistake on top of mistake’: China responds to Trump’s threats, vowing to ‘fight to the end’
Beijing has hit back at Donald Trump’s threats of more tariffs with a threat of its own.
- Michael Koziol
Donald Trump’s sharemarket bloodbath hits Australians’ savings
Retirement savings are taking a beating, and economists predict equity prices will fall further.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Trump’s tariffs: Friends with few benefits and foes with plenty
The Australian government was confident about an exemption from Trump’s trade imposts but as it turned out, that privilege was reserved only for enemies.
- Peter Hartcher
Black Monday, COVID-19: Here are some of the market’s biggest drops
Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are starting to hurt local investors, but the latest dive isn’t the first time the ASX has seen a sharp one-day fall.
- Gemma Grant and Dominic Powell
‘Your question is so stupid’: Trump reacts to market fallout after weekend of golf
As world markets crashed, Trump spent much of the weekend golfing in Florida, where he claimed to have won another tournament.
- Michael Koziol
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- Trump's America
How the West was lost by Trump, a predator upon his own allies
Donald Trump has abandoned any meaningful notion of “the West” and, with it, America’s role as “leader of the free world”.
- George Brandis
Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing
The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.
- Michael Koziol
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China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods
Beijing’s most comprehensive response to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.
- Lisa Visentin
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Trump wants to close off America. If he succeeds, the global consequences will be catastrophic
Under Donald Trump, the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end, not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.
- Peter Hartcher
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