Trade deals
NAB boss worried ‘tariff madness’ could put future rate cuts at risk
CEOs from two major Australian banks have warned that an escalation of Donald Trump’s trade war would harm global economic growth and drive up inflation.
- Clancy Yeates
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Chalmers’ grim warning about Trump’s escalating trade war
As the OECD warns Donald Trump’s tariffs will slow the global economy and push up inflation, Jim Chalmers says there will be a direct impact on Australia.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Trump has done us a favour by showing where we stand during peacetime
Donald Trump’s decision on tariffs is another reminder that he has cast aside old friends and embraced traditional US enemies, Russia most conspicuously.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Inside China
Red alert: Xi’s plan to protect China from the worst of Trump
China’s leaders meet this week in Beijing. Top of mind will be the threat posed by the US president.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Exclusive
- Trade
‘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
- Exclusive
- Trade wars
‘Mayhem’: Trump tariff threat forces Australia to pause big tech levy
The Albanese government has decided to go slow on a scheme to hit digital platforms if they refuse to pay local media outlets for news articles.
- Paul Sakkal and David Crowe
- 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
Trump tariff warrior says Australian ‘China-owned’ companies are flooding US market. It’s not true
A top adviser to the US president has launched an extraordinary attack on Australian aluminium exporters, making a claim rejected by independent economists – and US trade data.
- David Crowe and Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- Trade
What did Australia promise? Inside the room where Trump and Morrison talked tariffs
Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.
- David Crowe and Michael Koziol
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