69 h. ago ‘We don’t want to be the sacrificial lamb’: The farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs

Caleb Ragland voted for Donald Trump three times and doesn’t regret it. But he is about to plant a field of crops that China loves to buy - and he is very worried.

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3 d. ago IMF warns Donald Trump tariffs are sending global economy into shock

The International Monetary Fund is predicting economic growth will rapidly slow as Donald Trump's tariffs bite.

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3 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

Follow live as we bring you all the news of week four of the election campaign.

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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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4 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

Follow live as we bring you all the news of week four of the election campaign.

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4 d. 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”.

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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

Follow live as we bring you all the news of week four of the election campaign.

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5 d. 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.

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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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6 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 BHP boss says China holds key to the world avoiding recession

The Chinese demand driving resource giant BHP’s output of Australia’s largest commodity export, iron ore, will fade as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce global growth.

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1 week ago Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs are a threat to inflation and jobs

The US Federal Reserve Board’s usually cautious chairman says Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher inflation and lower US economic growth. That won’t go down well in the White House.

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1 week ago Aussie bikini brand forced to pause US sales due to Trump tariffs

Sophia Argyropoulos, director of bikini brand RAQ Apparel, reveals the impact of Trump tariffs on Aussie small businesses.

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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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1 week 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 Trading in lunacy. How Trump’s tariffs will ‘save’ masculinity

Tariffs will bring “manly” jobs back to the US, according to Trump supporters. Economists aren’t so sure.

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2 w. ago Trump to exclude some electronics, like smartphones and laptops, from tariffs

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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