14 h. ago US senator hits out at Trump's 'insulting' tariff on Australia

Democrat Mark Warner has grilled US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer over why Australia is being hit with a tariff.

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32 h. ago ‘Mistake on top of mistake’: China responds to Trump’s threats, vowing to ‘fight to the end’

US politicians continued to single out Australian beef exports for criticism, while the president gave stronger signals that he would lower tariffs on countries that agreed to remove trade barriers.

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32 h. ago ‘Not the time for cuts’: PM defiant despite global economic shock

Anthony Albanese has refused to say how Australia has been seeking to gain an exemption from Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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38 h. ago ‘It all has to change’: Trump escalates trade war with new tariff threat for China

US politicians continued to single out Australian beef exports for criticism, while the president gave stronger signals he would lower tariffs on countries that agree to remove trade barriers.

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50 h. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened:: More than $85 billion wiped off the ASX; Chalmers flags interest rate cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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53 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: More than $85 billion wiped off the ASX; Chalmers flags interest rate cuts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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57 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: More than $140 billion wiped off the ASX; Dutton forced to defend public service axings backflip

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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57 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: More than $150 billion wiped off the ASX; Dutton forced to defend public service axings backflip

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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60 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton dumps controversial plans to axe bureaucrats; Trump’s tariff war will hit budget hard

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are into the second week of their campaigns. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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63 h. ago Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

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63 h. ago Trump’s tariff war will hit budget hard as turmoil costs Australia billions

Economic fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs will hit whoever wins government, with Australia unable to escape the global economic slowdown.

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4 d. ago Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

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6 d. ago Tariff debacle gives us a chance to distance ourselves from the US

Leon Le Leu wonders if anyone told Donald Trump that Norfolk Island was a part of Australia before he hit it with a 29 per cent tariff?

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6 d. ago As it happened: ASX tumbles after Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods; PM says decision ‘unwarranted’

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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6 d. ago Cattle farmers would rather cop Trump’s tariffs than diseases from American beef

Farmers have reacted defiantly as US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef in his trade crackdown as Albanese and Dutton say they would never compromise biosecurity.

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6 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX tumbles after Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods; PM says decision ‘unwarranted’

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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6 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods in ‘Liberation Day’ speech as PM labels them ‘unwarranted’

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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6 d. ago Trump hits Australia with 10 per cent tariff on all exports to the US

The US president singled out Australia’s largest export to the US, beef, and said it was unfair that the country did not accept imports of American beef.

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6 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods in ‘Liberation Day’ speech as PM refuses to rule out WTO action

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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6 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: PM won’t rule out WTO action if Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs hit Australia; ABC funding to be scrutinised under Dutton government

Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.

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