Trade deals
- Analysis
- Trade wars
We’ll know Trump’s tariff war is serious when he hits Big Macs
Despite the worries about Trump’s tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium, the real concern is if he widens his trade war to burgers.
- Shane Wright
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Trump tariff warrior says Australian ‘China-owned’ companies are flooding US market. It’s not true
A top adviser to the US president has launched an extraordinary attack on Australian aluminium exporters, making a claim rejected by independent economists – and US trade data.
- David Crowe and Michael Koziol
- Exclusive
- Trade
What did Australia promise? Inside the room where Trump and Morrison talked tariffs
Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.
- David Crowe and Michael Koziol
- Updated
- US politics
Rupert Murdoch in Oval Office as Trump shakes up trade ties with Mexico, Canada
The US president paused tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and praised the “legendary” media mogul even as he lashed Murdoch’s newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
- Michael Koziol
Have sanctions hurt Putin’s war machine? It’s not that simple
As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, questions about the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia and their future will come under renewed scrutiny.
- Patricia Cohen
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump is about to shoot himself in the foot with his favourite weapon
If the president-elect proceeds with tariffs on the United States’ three biggest trade partners, it would damage the US economy.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
The billionaire Wall Street is trusting to keep Trump on a tight leash
Wall Street has cheered the appointment of Scott Bessent, backing him to rein in Trump’s craziest ideas. That’s a big ask.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
More than 150 cattle died on a ship from Darwin. It could result in a diplomatic debacle
Was the true death figure kept secret from the Indonesians? Neither the Australian government nor shipping company will say.
- Zach Hope
- Exclusive
- Food
Why wealthy Londoners are paying $1400 for a jar of Australian honey
Billed as a new and healthier alternative of fine wine, the three varieties of Australian Rare are produced in Western Australia’s famed south-west ecoregion.
- Rob Harris
- Analysis
- China relations
China says it’s ‘worthy of trust’ but detentions and a death penalty are spooking businesses
Human rights groups estimate there are 5000 foreigners in Chinese jails. At least 50 of them are Australian, including Australian man Yang Hengjun.
- Eryk Bagshaw
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