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Joe Kelly is The Australian’s Washington correspondent, covering news and politics from the US capital. He is an experienced political reporter, having previously been the masthead’s National Affairs Editor and Canberra bureau chief, having joined the parliamentary press gallery in 2010.

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Tamboran Resources director Andrew Robb as the company is awarded Major Project status for its Beetaloo basin development. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Robb urges Australia: don’t throw tariffs advantage out the window

Former trade and investment minister Andrew Robb says the foundations of the global trading system are facing their most significant challenge since 1945.

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Trade WarsWorld

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

GST on Trump’s ‘retaliatory tariffs’ radar

Mark Vaile, the man who negotiated Australia’s 2004 FTA with the US, says Donald Trump’s move to embrace reciprocal tariffs represents a serious challenge to the global system of free trade.

Jack Quail and Joe Kelly

Peace talksWorld

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 7, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) in Cumming, Georgia, on October 15, 2024, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) in Kazan on October 24, 2024. US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war. Trump's warning in a Truth Social post on January 22, 2025, came as the Republican seeks a quick solution to a grinding conflict that he had promised to end before even starting his second term. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage and Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Trump warned against Munich 2.0

Donald Trump has been warned against appeasement of Russia after opening negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, with the US President flagging his opposition to Kyiv joining NATO or a return to pre-2014 borders.

Joe Kelly and Ben Packham

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows (from L) US President Donald Trump listening during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looking on during a press conference after the European Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on December 19, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin attending a press statement following talks with Iranian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025.. US President Donald Trump said on February 12, 2025 that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky wanted

Ukraine peace conditions already stacked in Russia’s favour

Donald Trump has made two major concessions to Russia even before peace talks start, raising fears peace on such a basis won’t last the test of time.

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ceasefire’ possible’World

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 6, 2025.. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that

Trump, Putin to meet in Saudi for Ukraine peace talks

Donald Trump says a ceasefire in Ukraine will be achieved ‘in the not too distant future’ but it’s not ‘practical’ for Ukraine to join NATO: Hegseth says return to pre-2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - June 24, 2024: Ted O'Brien during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Labor carbon levy ‘risks trade wrath of Trump’

Anthony Albanese should not be considering carbon tariffs while he is leaning on Donald Trump to exempt Australian steel and aluminium exports from new duties, according to the Coalition.

Greg Brown, Joe Kelly and Ben Packham

Constitutional crisisWorld

Elon Musk carries his son X Ã A-Xii on his shoulders while speaking as US President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead federal cost-cutting efforts, said the United States would go

Trump warns judges: ‘hands off my agenda’

Donald Trump used a press conference with Elon Musk to hit back at the courts for blocking his efforts to reduce government waste and prosecute his agenda, warning he may ‘look at the judges’ responsible for stymieing his plans.

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11-02-2025 - Anthony Albanese on the phone with Donald Trump

Australia ‘flooding our aluminium market’: Trump’s top trade adviser

Donald Trump’s senior counsellor for trade has accused Australia of flooding the US market with aluminium and being too close with China, tempering hopes of an exemption from new 25 per cent tariffs.

Ben Packham and Joe Kelly

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Dr Kevin Rudd hosted people for the annual Friends of Australia Caucus Dinner at the Embassy, including Congressman Andy Barr, Senator Pete Ricketts, Congresswoman Susie Lee, Congressman Joe Courtney, Congressman James Moylan and Joe Hockey. picture Twitter / X

Tariffs ‘insult to people of Australia’: US congressman

Democrat Joe Courtney tells the House of Representatives every justification used by Donald Trump for the extra imposts on steel and aluminium failed in relation to Australia.

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Australia broke its word on aluminium exports: Trump proclamation

Australia has been accused by the Trump administration of threatening US national security and ‘disregarding a verbal commitment’ by allowing aluminium to surge into the country, as well as failing to rein in steel exports.

Richard Ferguson, Joe Kelly and Noah Yim

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