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Sam Delich and Kylah Day in Territory. Netflix declined to commission a second series, despite its global success.

Could Trump’s tariffs spell disaster for Australia’s screen industry?

High-profile shows cancelled, no sign of streaming quotas and the spectre of Donald Trump have sent a chill through Australia’s film and television industry.

  • Karl Quinn

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Donald Trump signed an executive action directing the Commerce Department to examine possible copper tariffs this week.

The silver lining in Donald Trump’s latest misguided threat

Donald Trump is considering tariffs on one of the 21st century’s most crucial metals. It’s good news for Rio Tinto and BHP but an own goal for the president.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Ponzi schemes are collapsing while financial markets are soaring, concerning legal and market experts.

King of chaos: Wall Street is losing faith in Donald Trump

The Wall Street honeymoon Donald Trump experienced in the initial months of his new administration appears to be ending.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, director of Trump’s National Economic Council Kevin Hassett and US Ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC, where they discussed trade and tariffs.

‘Trump’s call’: Australia’s diplomatic assault over tariffs hits roadblock

Kevin Rudd put on a breakfast spread for Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his US counterpart in Washington. But the key decision-maker was missing.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump is escalating his global trade war.

Trump eyes a fresh China assault that could spark trouble on the seas

China’s dominance of the global shipping industry is now in Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Bartenders Teo Diaz and Will Hanbidge at their Bar Leonor in Montreal.

‘Trendy to be patriotic’: Canadians everywhere are hitting back at Trump

In a subterranean bar in Montreal, Wil Hanbridge has just restocked his shelf – this time without American whisky.

  • Michael Koziol
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Is Donald Trump’s bark worse than his bite?

The real reason Trump is waging a global trade war

Donald Trump’s tornado of tariff announcements is about more than bringing world leaders to their knees.

  • Melissa Lawford
Donald Trump after signing an executive order for 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

US had asked Australia to ship more aluminium, says Rio Tinto CEO

Jakob Stausholm has contradicted White House claims that Australia didn’t honour a promise to limit aluminium shipments to the US.

  • Nick Toscano
European stocks have gone on a tear this year, despite Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Why Trump’s bullying is going to backfire on him

The scariest thing about President Donald Trump’s tariffs-for-all strategy is that he has no clue what he is doing - or how the world economy operates.

  • Thomas L. Friedman
Jack Ma

Jack is back: Why China has brought its billionaires out of the shadows

After four years of a brutal crackdown that has cost them billions, Jack Ma and the rest of China’s best and brightest have been welcomed back into the fold by Xi Jinping. The message is clear.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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