With the United States and China fighting over access to critical minerals used in tech and defence, Australia finds itself in a unique strategic position.
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Joining us from Washington DC is Warwick McKibbin, an internationally renowned economic modeller from the ANU whose services are now in high demand.
The escalating trade war is creating serious risks for the international development of AI.
China and the US both lose from a tariff war, and global economic activity will decline. But New Zealand’s existing free trade agreements should cushion the blows.
As the US imposes more tariffs, a global backlash is brewing – from subtle trade barriers to strategic countermeasures targeting red-state industries.
If trade deals can’t be struck in the 90-day tariffs pause, what are the best ways for countries to respond?
The Great Depression proved that protectionism and high tariffs don’t work.
Trump’s tariffs have redirected billions of dollars in exports originally bound for the U.S. to other markets.
It could be a sign that investors no longer see US Treasuries as a safe bet.
Changing the UK’s fiscal rule to allow more cash to flow could take the pressure off – but it isn’t without risk.
Starmer shares some traits with other prime minister, but differs in several key ways.
Plus: American talks with Iran, Nato concerns for the future, and the plight of conflict-riven Sudan.
The UK still faces the tricky task of courting both Trump and its European neighbours.
Donald Trump has turned up the heat on China, hiking tariffs up to 125%.
Tariffs create uncertainty. This will slow investment, not stimulate it.
The losses under Trump’s original tariff plan would have been significant. But even after the latest policy U-turn, the costs to the US will still be high.
Canada must stand in solidarity with the international community to exert collective pressure on the U.S. A co-ordinated global response could compel Trump to reconsider his unilateral trade policies.
The debate was a livelier exchange than the one between Albanese and Dutton, as both men were challenged on the personal as well as the economic.
There has been an unprecedented surge in government intervention through industrial policies. It doesn’t benefit consumers.
Confrontation with the rest of the world, enemies and allies alike, is at the heart of Donald Trump’s politics. His tariffs must be understood in this way.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Trade, Adelaide University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong