40 h. ago ‘Trump is doing permanent damage’: What’s got global market leaders spooked?

The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.

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2 w. ago Petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market

Australian petrol prices are expected to continue dropping in the lead-up to the Easter and Anzac Day holidays as oil markets reel from Donald Trump’s tariff war.

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2 w. ago Trump took a massive swing on tariffs against China. It may cost him personally

After announcing global tariffs that sent stock markets into a spin, Donald Trump went golfing. The impacts of his trade war should have been glaringly obvious.

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3 w. ago ‘Nuclear winter’: Wall Street billionaires turn on Trump amid market chaos

One by one, many of the biggest names across Wall Street are speaking out against his decision to unleash expansive tariffs worldwide, plunging global markets into chaos.

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3 w. ago Guardians of famed Scotch whisky want to ensure Australians are getting what they pay for

In a rapidly evolving global market, protecting this centuries-old product has become a full-scale legal battle.

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3 w. ago Trump wants to close off America. If he succeeds, the global consequences will be catastrophic

Under Donald Trump, the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end, not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.

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3 w. ago Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off

As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.

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3 w. ago ASX slumps as Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ rattles global markets

The Australian sharemarket has endured a painful session, with investors torching $21 billion, after Donald Trump unveiled his highly anticipated tariffs that could drastically remake the global economy.

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3 w. ago Miners slump but ASX in green ahead of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’

The Australian sharemarket has pared early gains but remains in the green at lunch on Wednesday after another volatile night on global markets.

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