Tehran eyes China, Russia after Trump’s threats on nuclear deal
Ayatollah Khamenei has bristled after the US president, in a letter, threatened Iran with military action if it refused to negotiate a new deal.
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Lambie slammed for wild Pine Gap threat
A former top Canberra boffin has blasted a call from senator Jacqui Lambie to use Australia’s Pine Gap intelligence asset to hit back at Donald Trump.
Shorten urges Aus ‘fight back’
The former senior minister has offered his colleagues some free advice after the US hit Australia with sweeping steel and aluminium tariffs.
‘What’s the price?’ Putin rejects immediate ceasefire in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin said any pause in fighting at this point would be in Ukraine’s interests as Donald Trump reveals plans to talk to the Russian leader soon.
ASX 200 climbs as US futures soar
Australian stocks rise into the weekend. US futures soar as Trump government shutdown risks fade but trade tariff fights continue. Banks in the red. Gold miners soar as safe-haven commodity eyes new peak past $US3000 per ounce.
PM: Trump tariffs not ‘act of a friend’
Anthony Albanese takes aim at Donald Trump’s ‘ideological reasons’, which he says motivated the US President’s refusal to grant an exemption for Australian steel and aluminium.
Want to understand Trump? Forget trade wars — it’s all about culture
Trump is using economics to wage a culture war. Despite his transactional reputation – that he will Make America Wealthy Again – Trump is fighting on a different battlefield. Winning is measured by the recapture of cultural terrain.
Trump threatens 200pc tariff on European wine, champagne
Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 200 per cent tariff on alcohol imported from the European Union as France responds: ‘We will not yield.’
PM steels for food fight as critical offer fails to win over Trump
The Albanese government will promise the nation’s farmers and food producers it will fight to protect them from Donald Trump’s next round of tariffs, as it offers the White House billions worth of co-operation on critical minerals.
Trump out in cold on Greenland
If Donald Trump needed evidence of why his clumsy internationalism is not always the best approach to the conduct of US foreign policy, it has come in the result of Greenland’s poll.
Trump fickleness or Labor ideology: both hurting us
Anyone blaming Anthony Albanese for the tariffs imposed on Australian steel and aluminium is putting their blame on the wrong person.
Energy shock treatment keeps coming for Bowen
Ideological fascination has been allowed to derail common sense.
Why Albanese was right not to visit Trump
Australia was never going to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs. Anthony Albanese avoided humiliation by opting not to visit Washington.
Trading places: farmers win from Beijing’s new row
Beijing’s strikes on America and Canada have created opportunities for Australian farmers, which could further widen as China targets US agricultural exporters in its trade war with Donald Trump.
Engage with world rather than hit back at US, says Westpac boss
Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller says the best answer to Donald Trump’s tariffs is to engage more with the rest of the world, rather than a retaliatory response to the US.
Tariff trauma’s personal for NAB chief Andrew Irvine
The boss of big-four bank NAB has more skin in the game than most in Donald Trump’s tariff war. There are also lessons for Australia out of this.
Markets brittle as global trade war worsens
It’s clear US President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his aggressive trade policies despite sharp drops by stockmarkets, meaning shares could be in for even bigger falls.
‘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”.
Trump tariffs keep ASX down again
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.
Who is woke again? The world’s fight against contradiction
The ‘woke’ professional classes claim to promote justice and equality, but deliver for one per cent.
Canada sovereignty non-negotiable: Carney tells Trump
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.
Rudd’s big ‘f**k you’ to Trump
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.
Putin has little incentive to sign Ukraine ceasefire proposal
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?
Dutton calls on PM to sack Bowen ‘today’ after new power bill shock
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’.
Back peace or I’ll ruin you, Trump tells Putin
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.
Cut the Trump bashing and focus on our ailing economy
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 retaliates against 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 trade policy is rattling some of his own advisers
Donald Trump’s team has received a flood of calls from business executives concerned about mixed messaging on tariffs.
Ukraine’s best chance at peace
Concerted pressure is needed to push Putin to sign the ceasefire.
Free-trade agenda is bigger than steel and aluminium
With Trump back in the White House it is going to be a bumpy ride.
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