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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

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Trump surfs high on a wave of tariff unease, just the way he likes it

The president is projecting confidence in the face of a market rout and internal disagreement. But he has world leaders hanging on his every word.

  • Michael Koziol
Australian dollar plummets against greenback in trade war between China and US.

‘Buckle up’: Aussie dollar plummets as US-China trade war lets rip

The Australian dollar has fallen to its lowest point in five years, with travellers and importers set to feel the brunt.

  • Nick Newling
Trump and Professor Ross Garnaut don’t agree on tariff policy.

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
President Donald Trump unveils the reciprocal tariffs.

Trump hits Australia with 10 per cent tariff on all exports to the US

The US president singled out Australia’s largest export to the US, beef, and said it was unfair that the country did not accept imports of American beef.

  • Michael Koziol and Shane Wright
NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine said Donald Trump’s commitment to fuelling growth in the world’s largest economy would potentially boost inflation.

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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Jim Chalmers will warn of the economic costs facing Australia because of Donald Trump’s trade war.

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
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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
China and the US have been locked in an ongoing trade spat.

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
Donald Trump has threatened sweeping tariffs to allies and enemies of the US.

‘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

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