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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump shake hands on a new deal.

Trump’s latest clumsy deal has unintended consequences

The threat of a full-scale trans-Atlantic trade war has been averted with a deal between the US and EU, but there is some confusion over just what has been agreed to.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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Does Anthony Albanese (right) really want to follow Donald Trump’s lead on defence spending?

Pistol and Boo should have disguised themselves as (maybe mad) cows

Australia’s strict quarantine authorities famously booted out the movie star dogs. A few years later they are overturning a ban on US beef. We’re truly living in Trumpworld now.

  • Tony Wright
Trump says the deal is a “big” win for the US.

Lost in translation: Trump doesn’t seem to understand the ‘massive’ deal he just made

Donald Trump says there has never been anything like the trade deal just struck with Japan. He’s probably right, but not in the way he thinks.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
GM chief Mary Barra. There is more pain coming for the car giant.

Trump sparks a $6.4 billion wipeout for a US icon

Donald Trump said his tariffs would make the US car industry “great again”, but a different story is starting to emerge.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump during a ceremony for the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4.

Trump’s ‘big new’ visa fee could slug thousands of Australian travellers

The US government is looking to impose a “visa integrity fee” from October, with those not eligible for the ESTA visa waiver in the firing line.

  • Chris Zappone
Wall Street is brushing off the effects of the Trump chaos.

The world is more scared of Trump than America is

The Trump circus is in full swing, but Wall Street is surprisingly brushing it off.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Xi Jinping and his senior ministers are worried about imbalances in supply and demand and overcapacity in some industrie

The home-grown threat to China that has rattled Xi Jinping

Donald Trump’s trade war is not the only thing on Xi Jinping’s mind.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping met in China this week.

Picture bigger than Albanese’s visit: Xi Jinping sees Australia as fruit ripe for plucking

As Trump insults his allies, the Chinese president is taking the opportunity to win over as many countries as he can in his quest for global dominance.

  • Peter Hartcher
Powell and Trump

Out for blood: Trump’s reckless witch-hunt could trigger financial chaos

The president is getting increasingly desperate as he looks to push out the head of the Federal Reserve. If he is successful, the consequences will be severe.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump capitalised on the discontent over ESG and DEI throughout his campaign and has fully weaponised it in his second term.

Trump’s misguided wars are starting to hurt the American people

Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary were quick to declare victory in a key economic battle. They are wrong.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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