Trade wars
- Analysis
- Donald Trump
Economic turmoil created by Trump’s tariffs will affect everything from coffee to interest rates
The turmoil caused by Trump’s “Liberation Day” has been more wide-ranging than even the president could have expected. But what does it mean for me?
- Shane Wright
Latest
New world order: Trump’s tariff attack sparks global recession fears
His trade secretary says a recession would be “worth it” to restructure the US economy, while Trump plays it down but admits there could be bumps.
- Michael Koziol
‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow
The French President has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.
- James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey
Trump tariffs ‘will literally devastate’ the world’s poorest countries
Even Timor-Leste, whose biggest export to the US is coffee to Starbucks, made the list.
- Philip J. Heijmans and Antony Sguazzin
Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off
As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline
Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.
- Waleed Aly
There will be tariffs on Australian wine, but it’s not all bad news
What might Trump’s “Liberation Day” mean for the local industry?
- Gemma Grant
- Political Sketch
- Donald Trump
Trump says everyone’s gotta pay – so why doesn’t Putin?
Donald Trump, ignoring the hopes of the world, perfectly fits Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic.
- Tony Wright
The day Trump hijacked the Australian election, until the PM took to the stage
Neither party leader took a backwards step from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Thursday. Then Anthony Albanese posed for a photo op.
- Paul Sakkal and Matthew Knott
- Updated
- Donald Farrell
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
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