US Politics

The PM has dodged questions about the status of Australia’s negotiations with the Trump administration, as pressure mounts on Canberra to secure a way through the President’s tariffs.

Beijing has vowed to ‘fight to the end’, but in reality they may only need to fight until US consumer prices begin to rise or employment begins to fall.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has defended a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to apply a 10 per cent tariff on Australia despite a free trade agreement.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 104 per cent tariff after China missed his deadline to remove a retaliatory tariff as a fierce trade war with alarming global impacts erupts.

‘Boys will be boys’: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt plays down a vicious spat between Peter Navarro and Elon Musk, two of Donald Trump’s most valued advisers.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel.

Labor continues to keep its cards close to its chest on attempts to secure a carve-out from the United States’ punishing new trade tariffs regime.

Trump’s tariffs are increasingly alienating some of the corporate titans, influencers and even Republican lawmakers who served as his boosters, as the president plows ahead with a trade strategy.

Tensions between the United States and China are escalating by the minute, with the People’s Republic labelling Donald Trump’s action as ‘blackmail’ and committing to ‘fight to the end’.

The Trump administration has reached out to Washington's city government about holding a parade on June 14, which just happens to be Donald Trump's birthday.

Peter Dutton has seized on the current global uncertainty to claim Labor will lead Australia into recession if re-elected, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese failed to rule out the worst-case scenario. 

‘We haven’t been able to sell one hamburger in Australia ...’

Australia faces rising unemployment risks as global trade tensions escalate, with economists flagging potential rate cuts to counter economic slowdown.

US President Donald Trump has issued an ominous threat to the People’s Republic of China, warning President Xi if action is not taken by Wednesday, ‘all talks’ between the two nations will be ‘terminated’.

AARON PATRICK: Investors are facing a perilous question: is Donald Trump negotiating, or does he really believe upending the global trading system will make America richer?