Inside Musk’s shock-and-awe months in the White House
Donald Trump has tried to smooth over cracks in the relationship between the Tesla boss and the rest of his team after complaints arose from his cabinet and aides.
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China scuttles TikTok deal as Trump admits Beijing ‘not very happy’
Representatives from ByteDance, the social media platform’s Chinese parent company, said approval for the transaction has been withdrawn.
US tariffs make Xi Jinping’s day
Donald Trump’s global trade war is a strategic gift to the Chinese president.
Return of the tariff man: why trade protection wins hearts and minds in America
The impetus behind Donald Trump’s tariffs is not difficult to understand when seen against the carnage caused to the US by cheap imports and a predatory China.
Trump tariffs spark five-year AUD low
The Australian Dollar is the weakest it’s been in five years thanks to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
West wants ‘Yes or No’ to ceasefire in Ukraine
US envoy says Donald Trump doesn’t want ‘endless negotiations’ while Britain, France and Germany accused Russia of stalling.
Tech bros are willing to overlook tariffs to win their own war
The Silicon Valley billionaires want Trump to stop a global regulatory crackdown that would cut their profits and stop them using the internet as a plaything.
Market carnage as Wall St plunges 6pc, $A dives
A global recession is almost inevitable after China waded into Donald Trump’s trade war with retaliatory tariffs of its own.
‘Great time to get rich’: Trump defiant amid crushing Wall Street losses as China retaliates
A Wall Street bloodbath slashed the S&P 500 by 6 per cent in its worst crisis since the Covid crash, after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs announced earlier this week.
Silver lining in Trump tariff plan
There could be a silver lining for struggling mortgage holders, as experts sound the alarm on US President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff pledge.
Trump’s tariff was an election promise fulfilled
Disruptive as it is, mounting US debt, a crumbling domestic economy and a declining standard of living could not be tolerated forever. A utopian world order will likely be a dream for some time yet.
Tariff turmoil enters the federal election contest
Peter Dutton must not be distracted from the cost-of-living challenge.
Tariff storm roils markets but door opens to do deals
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has assured Australian officials the Trump administration is open to doing a deal, as nearly $57bn was wiped off the local sharemarket on Friday.
Wesfarmers chair blasts ‘unpredictable’ Trump’s tariffs
Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney fears the untold damage Donald Trump’s tariffs are inflicting on the global economy, describing Washington’s behaviour as ‘appalling’.
US tariffs push region into China’s arms
One likely reason for Donald Trump coming down so hard on Southeast Asian nations is they are seen to have aided and abetted Chinese efforts to circumvent US trade sanctions.
The three fatal flaws in Donald Trump’s tariff fantasy
Trump’s ideal of a self-reliant America is built on economically flawed assumptions. The plan really is bananas.
Liberation day sparks $50bn ASX sell-off
The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy continued to send shockwaves through the market, wiping out more than $50bn on the local market.
No U-turn despite markets’ carnage
Donald Trump is looking at expanding his reciprocal tariffs despite the largest one-day slump on Wall Street since global Covid lockdowns began in March 2020.
Why Wall St is betting against your mum’s leggings and dad’s Nikes
Investors are beginning to think you might hang on to your Nike runners and your favourite gym tights a little longer in Donald Trump’s tariff war, where consumer prices only go up.
How to deal with Donald Trump’s sharemarket slide
The worst stock market fall since Covid is worrying investors and superannuation savers, so what should you do?
Major bank’s rate cut call after Trump chaos
Australian mortgage holders could get larger and more frequent rate cuts off the back of the Trump tariffs, but an industry expert warns “be careful what you wish for”.
Albo rules out ‘phenomenal offer’ to Trump
Anthony Albanese has hit back after Donald Trump outlined a key condition in exempting local imports from the US’s global tariff fiasco.
Iran’s retreat from Yemen a watershed moment
Nothing betrays Iran’s growing concern of a US confrontation more than its reported withdrawal of all military personnel from Yemen, where they support the Houthi rebels.
Trump tariff folly is delusional nonsense doomed to fail
Trump’s tariffs dominated this week’s headline but the reality is the policy is a nonsense and doomed to fail. The scary thing is the guy actually believes what he is saying.
Kremlin envoy in White House talks as ceasefire splutters
A top Kremlin envoy has completed talks with Donald Trump’s Russia negotiator at the White House, the first high-level meeting in the US since before the Ukraine invasion.
‘No exceptions’: Trump hawk’s last-minute tariff intervention
Until last weekend the tariff fate of America’s AUKUS partners – Australia and the UK – was still not decided. Enter chief White House trade counsellor and tariff hawk Peter Navarro.
The day Trump’s tariffs shook Corporate America
‘I almost couldn’t breathe’: Markets tumble and executives scramble to grasp the scope and size of Trump’s trade barriers.
ASX 200 now in correction as $57bn wiped out
Key market index now 10 per cent below February 14 record close as tariff fears hit investors. Woodside, Santos lead energy slump. Banks and miners also in the red.
Bewildered: Trump tariffs trigger biggest Wall St wipeout since 2020
Wall Street has lost $US3 trillion as investors grapple with Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariff plan.
How Trump tariffs will impact Aus car prices
Donald Trump’s huge tariffs on imported goods will hit the global car industry hard. And it could mean big changes in Australia.
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