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Wall Street is hovering

ASX closes lower as miners and banks decline; Qantas, gold miners rise

The Australian sharemarket declined on Thursday after US President Donald Trump dialled up trade tensions once again.

  • Angus Delaney

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US President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster.

Trump hails a ‘done deal’ with China on trade. What’s actually in it is fuzzy

The US president declared a great deal has been made with China, but with few details and seemingly no progress, analysts have doubts.

  • Lisa Visentin
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We are about to find out the cost of the Trump chaos

Donald Trump hailed the latest US inflation data as “great numbers” and called for an interest rate cut. But he is celebrating far too early.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
AUSIEX wants to make trading bonds as easy as buying BHP shares.

ASX closes higher after US and China talks; investors ride momentum

The Australian sharemarket pared early gains after hitting a fresh record peak.

  • Angus Delaney and Staff writers
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have been at loggerheads over tariffs, but hope to agree on export controls for China’s rare earth minerals.

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump on Air Force One on Friday. He says he has no plans to speak with Elon Musk and isn’t thinking about the Tesla boss.

Has Trump created an opportunity for the euro to displace the US dollar?

Donald Trump’s trade wars may have opened a window of opportunity for the European Union to realise a long-held ambition: establishing the euro as the world’s reserve currency.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The escalation of a US-China trade war could have flow-on effects to Australia.

The US and China thrashed out their trade fight for 20 hours. Here’s what they agreed to

In a new round of negotiations that were sparked by a phone call between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, officials emerged vowing to resurrect a fragile truce.

  • Lisa Visentin
Chinese President Xi Jinping has a weapon more powerful in the trade war than Donald Trump’s tariffs.

It’s clear who has greater leverage in the trade talks. It’s not Trump

In the trade negotiations between China and the US, the focus has switched from tariffs to export controls as it becomes clear America can’t go without one crucial China export.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
COMAC Chinese-built passenger plane - a jigsaw of components from existing makers of airliners like Boeing and Airbus.

‘Prisoner’s dilemma’: How China is using the West to try and rule the skies

China’s Great Leap Skyward has the potential to shake up global aviation, but first its premier commercial airliner must fully get off the ground.

  • Chris Zappone
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week suggested that a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping might be necessary to break the deadlock.

Xi plots next move in trade war with chips, tariffs at stake

The Chinese leader appears to be betting that a reset in ties with the US will lead to tangible wins ahead, including tariff reductions, an easing of export controls, and a generally more civil tone.

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