2 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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3 h. ago ASX set to fall after Wall Street’s furious rally is wiped out

The big question remains centred on how long the US president will keep his stiff tariffs on other countries, which would raise prices for domestic shoppers and slow the economy.

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3 h. ago Darth Orange: Trade war shows Donald Trump has embraced the dark side

It’s likely this trade war is just the first episode in what will be a four-year-long saga. A New Hope can’t come soon enough.

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4 h. ago Trump’s trade chief admits US ‘running up the score’ with tariffs on Australia

Jamieson Greer was caught in a heated exchange about why the US whacked tariffs on Australian goods despite already enjoying a trade surplus with its close ally and defence partner.

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4 h. ago Wall Street erases big early gains as uncertainty about Trump’s tariffs reigns

The big question remains centred on how long the US president will keep his stiff tariffs on other countries, which would raise prices for domestic shoppers and slow the economy.

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4 h. ago Wall Street sees big early gain vanish as uncertainty about Trump’s tariffs reigns

The big question remains centred on how long the US president will keep his stiff tariffs on other countries, which would raise prices for domestic shoppers and slow the economy.

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5 h. ago 'Insulting to the Australians': Senator grills US trade rep on tariffs

Donald Trump's trade chief Jamieson Greer said the US was "running up the score" by imposing tariffs on Australia despite already enjoying a trade surplus with the country.

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11 h. ago Leaders debate as it happened: Peter Dutton, Anthony Albanese go head

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are facing off in the first leaders’ debate. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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13 h. ago Leaders debate LIVE updates: Peter Dutton, Anthony Albanese to go head

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are facing off in the first leaders’ debate. Follow our rolling coverage here.

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14 h. ago Chalmers calls emergency economy meeting to deal with Trump tariff dump

The treasurer has called in RBA governor Michele Bullock, treasury secretary Steven Kennedy and other key financial regulars to respond to the global financial chaos.

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14 h. ago ASX rallies after Monday’s carnage; tech, energy stocks soar

The Australian sharemarket posted its biggest gain in more than two years on Tuesday as investors waded back into stocks after the bloodbath on Monday.

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15 h. 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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15 h. ago Calm, yet primed: Australia’s economic leaders must walk a narrow path

This is a time for cool heads and deliberate action. The economic waters are moving too swiftly and turbulently for knee-jerk reactions.

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16 h. ago NSW Liberals launch class action over botched council nominations

Two Liberal party members who missed out on contesting last year’s council elections are behind a class action suing the party. 

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16 h. ago The beauty and the terror of the inland sea flooding the outback

The flood waters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers, but are already breathing new life into the normally dry landscapes of the interior.

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17 h. ago The ‘very stable genius’ has the world economy on a knife edge

If you’re wondering why your superannuation is shrinking or why the Reserve Bank may cut interest rates next month, blame “very stable genius” Donald Trump.

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17 h. ago Court clears way for Trump to use 18th century law for deportations

But in a bitterly divided decision that overturned a lower court’s block on sending migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador, the Supreme Court imposed some limits.

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20 h. ago Why back down? China’s Xi will only get one Trump in his lifetime

Donald Trump has threatened China with another 50 percentage point increase in tariffs unless it removes its own tariffs on US exports. That’s not going to happen.

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20 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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20 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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