Trump diplomacy
- Opinion
- Global economy
In 50 years, Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote
No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well, no, not really.
- Ross Gittins
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- 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
- Analysis
- China relations
Why China must be quietly pleased that Trump has made it a target
Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.
- Lisa Visentin
Dutton plan: Free lunches, cuts to services
Stand by for the whole gamut of Trump’s MAGA suite of anti-government moves, which would make our lives more difficult.
‘We have to stand up to him’: Trump tariffs could hit Australia
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been warned Australia may be unable to again escape crushing tariffs on Australian exports.
- Matthew Knott, Simon Johanson and David Swan
For Xi Jinping, Year of the Snake is destined to be turbulent
Those born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025 are said to be wise and charming, but also mysterious and cunning.
- Lisa Visentin
- Updated
- US politics
Trump to use Guantanamo Bay prison to hold 30,000 migrants
The US detention facility on the coast of Cuba was set up in 2002 to detain terrorism suspects following the 9/11 attacks.
- Max Rivera
- Analysis
- US politics
Trump’s tariff tango will only reinforce his view that bullying works
Making an example of Colombia wasn’t a fair fight and didn’t actually change much, but it is being spun as a major victory for the power of threats.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Trump’s happy to play the ‘madman’ to restore global order. But will it work?
Trump has repeatedly and explicitly said he wants to use the perception he is unpredictable, and even unhinged, to boost American power.
- Matthew Knott
Brandis’ reminder of previous pathetic governments
George Brandis had the gall to denounce Whitlam’s cabinet as “old dinosaurs and clueless eccentrics” but what of those who hid behind Scott Morrison, a reader writes.
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