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A shipbuilder in Newport News, Virginia. The US government wants to increase the country’s shipbuilding capacity.

The Chinese stranglehold Donald Trump is desperate to break

The US president wants to turn the tide on China’s shipbuilding dominance. It may be too late.

  • Szu Ping Chan

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Illustration by Simon Letch

After polling day, our leaders will come clean about the trouble we’re in

By pretending that a planet-scale upheaval is not happening, our political leaders are not helping Australia deal with it.

  • Peter Hartcher
A robot stands next to a concept flying vehicle from Chery at the Shanghai auto show.

China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war

Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.

  • Keith Bradsher
Footage online appears to show an Optimus model talking to an attendee at the event and having a discussion about where it lives and where it was trained.

Elon Musk warns rare earth magnet shortage may delay Tesla’s robots

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.

  • Keith Bradsher
Shein and Temu were both founded in China and are rapidly expanding overseas, including in Australia.

Americans are about to feel the Trump blowtorch of higher prices

A wall of consumer goods once sold from China to the US could be dumped on other markets such as Australia.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been reluctant to speculate about how Donald Trump’s policies might affect the central bank’s decisions.

‘If I ask him to, he’ll be out of there’: Trump says he can fire Fed boss Powell

US President Donald Trump has again taken aim at US Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell, blasting him for being too slow on lowering interest rates.

  • Jordan Fabian and Derek Wallbank
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Donald Trump has lost his leverage in trade negotiations, while Xi Jinping is now serious about boosting domestic demand.

Trump has already lost his trade war against China

Beijing is hardly likely to roll over given its financial and global trading strength.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Stagflation would be the ugliest outcome for which ever party wins government.

What is stagflation, and why are we talking about it again?

The US President’s tariff war has brought back fears of stagnation and inflation, but why is it sending gold prices through the roof?

  • Nick Newling
“He’s going to run again, all right,” said Bill O’Reilly.

Why Typhoid Trump and COVID are so similar

Given the moveable feast that is Donald Trump’s trade policy, it is impossible to determine if the world is in for a short-lived shock or a case of long COVID.

  • Elizabeth Knight
US President Donald Trump has sent sharemarkets into a spin.

When the gold price is soaring, we should all be afraid

In less than 100 days, US President Donald Trump has planted questions in investors’ minds no one expected. Is America too risky?

  • Kamal Ahmed

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/global-economy-1n6f