Economic Policies

Indices from Tokyo to Frankfurt all experienced rapid rises following the president’s announcement.

‘A lot of people don’t want to speak out on this because it’s become such a politicized issue,’ a winemaker says.

The party demands reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to help first home buyers and renters, while shielding ’mum and dad' investors.

The Coalition unveiled two funds including the Regional Australia Future Fund and Future Generations Fund.

The president has paused new tariffs on dozens of countries for 90 days and raised levies on Chinese goods to 125 percent.

Monetary policymakers will be assessing the ‘net effect’ of the administration’s policy changes, including tariffs.

Economists are also calling for calm regarding the fallout of the tariffs.

‘Global and domestic actions are generating insecurities in abundance, both political and economic,’ the NFIB wrote in a commentary.

Bessent did not provide details on what the Trump administration may do.

‘It was a mistake for China to retaliate’ with more tariffs, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

The extra tariffs are set to hit China’s exports, a key pillar of the CCP’s ailing economy.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testified in the Senate hours before a round of reciprocal tariffs on scores of countries will take effect.

Trump is ready to talk if Beijing reaches out, says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

‘It makes a lot of sense when you want to make sure that nobody can evade these rules,’ China expert Gordon Chang said in an interview.

The president rejected the EU’s proposals for a ‘zero for zero’ tariffs on cars and industrial goods.

An Australian monarchist group has labelled a move to remove the monarch from the $5 note as ‘neo-communism.’

While New Zealand was tariffed at 10 percent, higher rates on other countries risk the world ‘backsliding into a global trade war,’ Prime Minister Luxon said.

Trump warned China of a 50 percent additional duty on Chinese goods if it refuses to withdraw its 34 percent retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.

Meanwhile, the Australian Treasury said China’s impact will be ’significant.’

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