Trump diplomacy
- Analysis
- China relations
Xi’s neighbourly charm offensive touches a raw nerve for Trump
Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out, ‘How do we screw the United States of America?’ ”
- Lisa Visentin
Latest
- Analysis
- Australia votes
We thought Trump was dragging down Peter Dutton. Now we know why
We now have hard data on how the US president is reshaping the Australian election.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump’s gut tells him he’s got China on the ropes. He couldn’t be more wrong
Donald Trump believes his tariff folly will isolate its superpower adversary. But it will be the US, not China, that could find itself outside the tent.
- Peter Hartcher
- Letters
- Letters
The duopoly is dying, long live the minority
Readers argue that changing the system means the decline of the two main parties’ power and the rise of independents in federal government.
- Analysis
- Trade wars
Trump’s boosters laud his tariff flip-flop but consumers are not buying it
Every time the president changes direction on tariffs, his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.
- Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Trump uncertainty not biggest threat to $368 billion AUKUS pact, Pyne says
The former defence minister turned lobbyist is confident the $368 billion deal will come to fruition, but admits US support under Trump is “qualified”.
- Michael Koziol
- Letters
- Letters
An ALP or LNP win hastens burning planet
Readers can’t understand why the two major parties have so little to say about the climate crisis in this election.
‘National security on the line’: Starmer pulls off extraordinary move to save British steel
The UK parliament was recalled for just the fifth time since WWII to vote on emergency legislation, and passed the bill in less than 24 hours.
- Rob Harris
The brief moment that marked a win for Trump’s high-stakes talks with Iran
Trump’s man was in one room. Khamenei’s was in another. Then the two-hour mark ticked over.
- Susannah George
- Exclusive
- Defence
Ex-war reporter turned foreign minister leading the charge to keep Russia – and China – in check
At a time when Europe’s leadership has been diffuse and distracted, Radek Sikorski has emerged as one of the West’s most forceful voices.
- Rob Harris
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