For the foreseeable future, the only certainty in US trade is uncertainty.
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Equating controversial or legally contested executive actions with the collapse of 250 years of constitutional democracy risks conflating the overreach of a singular president.
Canada can draw lessons from its centuries-long coexistence with an often-erratic neighbour to successfully navigate the economic volatility of the present era.
On Friday, Trump said ‘great certainty’ had been brought back to the United States and the world. In truth, the uncertainty is far from over.
When the US invited more than 50 countries to discuss a new club to share critical minerals, China was not invited. Will Australia be forced to pick a side?
A landmark trade deal is within reach - but could still fall over if one quota can’t be agreed.
The ‘mother of all deals’ aims to create a free-trade area covering nearly a quarter of the world’s population.
European publics and more government leaders are questioning the value of the alliance with the United States under Trump. But a different path remains elusive.
The new agreement will affect the lives of 2 billion people across economies representing about a quarter of global GDP.
The US may be stepping back from some engagements on the world stage. That’s not necessarily bad news for the rest of the world, an analyst argues.
For the time being, European leaders are indicating a path of de-escalation – bordering on appeasement.
Despite a record-breaking trade surplus of US$1.2 trillion, China faces some stubborn economic headwinds.
In 2026, Canada will feel growing pressure to align with some U.S. trade-restrictive measures and, like Mexico, should do so smartly.
Ethnicity can be consciously adjusted in response to the risks women face in public spaces.
Despite fierce protests from farmers, South American countries will still contribute only a fraction of other non-EU producers.
The new strategic reserve may provide the West with greater access to key minerals. But China still dominates the processing of many of them.
With a trillion-dollar trade surplus, is China’s goal really to make everything ‘better and cheaper’ at home? The reality is not so simple.
China’s growing appetite for durian is giving this famously divisive fruit political power.
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
Trump appears to be transforming strategic national security decisions into transactional deals where everything has a price.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
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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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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Adjunct Professor in Animal Welfare, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in EU and International Economic Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Economics, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong