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More than ‘a little disturbance’: Trump and OPEC are sinking the oil price
This week, OPEC+ did what Donald Trump has demanded and announced it would start increasing production, pushing oil prices down to three-year lows. Trump may get more than he bargained for.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Opinion
- Trump's White House
‘Almost unavoidable’: Trump has America on the road to a deep recession
Donald Trump’s assault on the US federal government and the global economy have together reached a tipping point.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Australia close to breaking China’s critical mineral stranglehold
Australian firms are within a few years of refining most of the rare minerals used in the world’s critical defence systems, electric vehicles and clean energy transition.
- Simon Johanson
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
In 50 years, Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote
No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well, no, not really.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Inside China
China just waved a $1.6 trillion red rag at Trump
A week before Donald Trump regains the White House with a cabinet full of trade hawks, China has released figures sure to enrage the incoming president.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Opinion
Think the whole world’s going to hell in a handbasket? You’re wrong, and here’s why
More tragedy and turmoil is inevitable in 2025 but even so, for millions and millions of people around the globe, things are getting measurably better.
- Matt Wade
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
How has the 21st century gone so wrong?
How did we get here, and what are the chances that the next 25 years will be better than the last?
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Opinion
- Opinion
The world’s most important bromance needs to be rekindled
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump can’t let relations between China and the US deteriorate any further.
- Karishma Vaswani
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
The billionaire Wall Street is trusting to keep Trump on a tight leash
Wall Street has cheered the appointment of Scott Bessent, backing him to rein in Trump’s craziest ideas. That’s a big ask.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
How Donald Trump will change how the world works
The lens through which Trump sees the world is narrow and focused tightly on whether a relationship directly benefits America. That sets up difficult choices for everyone.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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