‘Our own tariffs:’ Aussies vow ban on US goods
Australians have come out in droves promising to stop purchasing American products, however one economist urged shoppers to “think strategically”.
Australians have come out in droves promising to stop purchasing American products, however one economist urged shoppers to “think strategically”.
Donald Trump’s tariffs are continuing to hit the Aussie sharemarket, with the value of coal companies falling, while investors look for a golden safe haven.
The ‘woke’ professional classes claim to promote justice and equality, but deliver for one per cent.
The Irish Premier refused to be goaded by a combative Donald Trump in the Oval Office but was still warned Ireland and the EU will ‘of course’ face tariffs over a trade deficit.
The ambassador to the US says Australia won’t step back from its fight to get Donald Trump to drop tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium exports.
After Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire proposal, Donald Trump said ‘it’s up to Russia now’. But does Russia feel much pressure at present to accept?
The Opposition Leader says warnings that electricity prices are set to rise by up to 9pc show Labor’s renewables push is not working and Chris Bowen’s tenure as Energy Minister has been a ‘disaster’.
Donald Trump has threatened to devastate the Russian economy if the Kremlin doesn’t sign a ceasefire deal with Ukraine, amid hopes a pause in the fighting could come as soon as today.
As a country we should be far more concerned about the reasons that Whyalla steelworks collapsed rather than about the theoretical future impacts of US tariffs.
Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on more than $20bn worth of US goods after Donald Trump’s levies on steel and aluminium came into effect.
Donald Trump’s team has received a flood of calls from business executives concerned about mixed messaging on tariffs.
Concerted pressure is needed to push Putin to sign the ceasefire.
With Trump back in the White House it is going to be a bumpy ride.
Australia was behind the eight-ball long before the tariffs decision. The fact that the Prime Minister never got on the phone or went to America to plead Australia’s case is a sure sign of poor leadership.
Australia braces for more of Donald Trump’s tariffs as Anthony Albanese and his ministers slam ‘unjustified’ duties on steel and aluminium and suggest the nation’s critical minerals will be used in any future negotiations.
Despite economic ructions caused by President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs, Orica says the US is still ahead of Australia as an investment destination.
Donald Trump has injected himself into the Australian election landscape in a profound and destabilising way. There may be two major parties contesting the election but there are now three boxers in the ring.
The political fight over whether or not this outcome was a diplomatic failure by Australia ignores the fact that Trump was hell bent this time around on rejecting all pleas for exemptions.
It has been another dark day for Australian stocks as nervous investors wiped $36bn off the ASX in response to US President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs.
A major escalation in Donald Trump’s trade war was defused after the Premier of the largest Canadian province suspended a plan to apply a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity to the US.
US President Donald Trump continued to send shockwaves through global markets as his tariff plan officially comes into effect on Wednesday afternoon.
Washington will pressure Russia to agree to the 30-day ceasefire plan drawn up by US and Ukrainian officials, with Donald Trump saying he’ll speak to Vladimir Putin this week.
Donald Trump blamed the recent stock market turbulence on the previous administration, arguing he was not concerned and would press ahead with plans to rebuild American industry.
The politics of car ownership has turned upside down, with the US President on a mission to purchase a Tesla.
The shape of any Ukrainian ceasefire has been the case for months, more than a year. Donald Trump certainly never lacks energy and it may possibly be that he gets a decent outcome here.
Adam Scott’s visit to the White House to meet with US President Donald Trump was eye-opening but may not help solve the biggest problem in golf’s war.
Don Farrell said ‘this is not the right way allies should treat one another’ after Australia failed to get an exemption, as Peter Dutton slammed the Prime Minister’s ‘inability’ to deal with the US tariffs.
If Mark Carney – a long-time climate change advocate – can announce the scrapping of Canada’s carbon tax, surely Albanese and Dutton can acknowledge things must change in this country.
Malcolm Turnbull, with his ill-timed comments on Donald Trump, has only made the US President cross, which we could have done without, especially when there is a decision looming on tariffs.
Labor’s revered former defence minister has warned the Albanese government to lift military spending to at least 3 per cent of GDP, as Donald Trump prepares to strain the two nations’ ties by slapping tariffs on Australian exporters.
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