4 d. ago On TikTok, there’s only one winner from Trump’s tariff death spiral with China

First came the AI-generated videos depicting overweight Americans working in sweatshops. Since then, it’s been open slather, gifting Beijing a PR win.

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4 d. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Half a million votes cast on first day of early voting; Trump tariff war to blow $13b hole in economy

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4 d. ago Trump shift on China tariffs only adds to the confusion he creates

US President Donald Trump’s ill-thought tariff polices look even sillier now he has floated lowering his 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.

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5 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Half a million votes cast on first day of early voting; Trump tariff war to blow $13b hole in economy

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5 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump tariff war to blow $13b hole in economy; Leaders accuse each other of lies, deception in debate

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5 d. ago Australia faces $13 billion hit as Trump’s tariffs wreak havoc

Uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff war will slow the global economy, a global wake-up call insists.

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7 d. ago Billionaires cash out shares early before Trump’s tariff plunge

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s Safra Catz and banker Jamie Dimon cashed out billions of dollars before Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets.

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1 week ago Trump’s gut tells him he’s got China on the ropes. He couldn’t be more wrong

Donald Trump believes his tariff folly will isolate its superpower adversary. But it will be the US, not China, that could find itself outside the tent.

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1 week 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 Whoops, the biggest winner in Trump’s tariff war isn’t who he had in mind

While everything, including fashion, is about to get a lot more expensive in the land of the free, the environment will be all the happier for it.

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2 w. ago Apple was on brink of crisis before Trump granted tariff concession

Moving iPhone production from China to India or elsewhere would have been a Herculean task for the tech giant. Now it’s been handed a major reprieve.

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2 w. ago Trump to exclude electronics such as smartphones and laptops from tariff list

The exemption seemed to reflect the US president’s realisation that his China tariffs are unlikely to shift more manufacturing of such electronic gadgets to the US any time soon.

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: PM campaigns in Perth; ASX closes in the red, Wall St lifts after week of Trump tariff chaos

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are into week three of the federal election campaign. Follow live.

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: PM campaigns in Canberra, Perth; ASX closes in the red, Wall St lifts after week of Trump tariff chaos

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are into week three of the federal election campaign. Follow live.

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese reveals authorities launched legal proceedings to protect him after a “serious incident; Dutton reportedly targeted in teenage boy’s terror plot

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX plunges as Trump tariff backflip fallout continues; Dutton reportedly targeted in teenage boy’s terror plot

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton reportedly targeted in teenage boy’s terror plot; ASX set to dive at open as Trump tariff backflip fallout continues

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2 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Coalition doubles down on appeal to drivers; Trump tariff backflip keeps markets on edge

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2 w. ago ‘Drip, drip, drip’: How Trump’s ‘beautiful’ tariff plan gave the world a cold shower

A week ago, Donald Trump announced Liberation Day. We’ve moved to un-Liberation Day and the world is still reeling.

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2 w. ago Bullock hoses down hopes of deep interest rate cuts after Trump upheaval

Expectations of deep cuts in official interest rates to protect the economy from the global tariff war are growing, but the Reserve Bank governor is cautious.

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