Trade
‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock
Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.
- Michael Koziol
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Trump aide’s fresh attack on tech taxes ahead of Australian trade summit
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to meet his US counterpart, Scott Bessent, along with the director of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, in Washington.
- Michael Koziol
Chalmers flies to Washington in latest bid to avoid Trump tariffs
The treasurer said he did not expect his one-on-one with Trump’s Treasury secretary to bring an end to negotiations.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
US had asked Australia to ship more aluminium, says Rio Tinto CEO
Jakob Stausholm has contradicted White House claims that Australia didn’t honour a promise to limit aluminium shipments to the US.
- Nick Toscano
Brawls, boos and boycotts: Trump resentment boils over in Canada
Three fights in the first nine seconds of a hotly anticipated USA-Canada hockey clash seemed to speak volumes about the state of relations between the two neighbours.
- Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- Foreign relations
‘We will respond strongly’: Allies workshop how to talk back to Trump on tariffs
Canada’s visiting trade minister said Australia and Canada should forcefully argue the case for free trade as Donald Trump upends the global trading system.
- Matthew Knott
- Political sketch
- Trump diplomacy
Trump turns MPs into Yes Minister caricatures
Trade Minister Don Farrell is certain Australia is obeying the president’s trade diktats. Exactly how he couldn’t say.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Analysis
- Trade wars
We’ll know Trump’s tariff war is serious when he hits Big Macs
Despite the worries about Trump’s tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium, the real concern is if he widens his trade war to burgers.
- Shane Wright
- Opinion
- Inflation
Trump wants lower interest rates. His tariffs won’t help
Less than an hour after Trump declared that lower interest rates would go “hand in hand” with his tariffs, poor US inflation data saw the prospects for rate cuts diminish.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘The uncertainty is killing us’: Our aluminium town’s nervous wait
NSW is home to Australia’s largest aluminium and steel producers. And the government has warned Donald Trump’s tariffs are the biggest threat to the state’s economy.
- Penry Buckley
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