4 h. ago ASX set to slide, Wall Street mixed; Boeing signs $150b deal with Qatar

Stocks are wavering on Wall Street and holding on to most of the gains they made earlier in the week after the US and China declared a temporary cease-fire in their trade war.

Economics

42 h. ago Trump calls it a truce – the RBA might call it time for a rate cut

Donald Trump’s 90-day truce in his trade war with China has removed some uncertainty around the economic outlook that paves the way for an interest rate cut.

Politics

45 h. ago Don’t break out the champagne: The trade war truce is just a reprieve

Markets are celebrating the outcome of the weekend’s trade negotiations between the US and China, but the 90-day pause buys only time, not a resolution.

Events

6 d. ago The Trump iceberg has struck China. America is bracing for it

China is already feeling the effects of Donald Trump’s trade war and has been forced to take action. It is a different story in the US.

Politics

1 week ago Trump says Biden is to blame for America’s shrinking economy. The data says otherwise

The US president blames his predecessor for the sharemarket slump and the fall in America’s GDP. In reality, it’s the “dumbest trade war in history” that’s responsible.

Politics

1 week ago ASX closes higher after another manic session on Wall Street

Wall Street continued its wild swings overnight as evidence builds that the US economy is buckling under the weight of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Politics

2 w. ago ASX set to open lower after another manic session on Wall Street

Wall Street continued its wild swings overnight as evidence builds that the US economy is buckling under the weight of Donald Trump’s trade war.

Politics

2 w. ago It’s chess, not checkers: China can play the long game against Trump

Donald Trump thinks trade is a zero-sum game. Xi Jinping appears happy to wait for the trade war to backfire on the US president.

Politics

2 w. ago How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump, targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

Politics

3 w. ago Trump says he will ‘substantially’ cut China tariffs as trade war bites

The US president has flagged that he will lower his unprecedented 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods and “won’t play hardball”.

Politics

3 w. ago Global growth is going to stutter amid Trump’s Trade War, IMF warns

US President Donald Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs is now expected to slow economic growth across the world this year.

Events