Tariffs

Many Australian fashion labels are having to make quick changes to their manufacturing and export markets in light of the Trump administration's trade war. Just 3 per cent of the clothing produced by local brands and designers is made in Australia. 

At a major food trade show in Shanghai this week, it became clear that Australia is now dominating the premium beef market in China.

RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser says he witnessed first-hand China's willingness to fight a US trade war.

The RBA's monetary policy board decides to decrease the cash rate by 0.25 of a percentage point, to 3.85 per cent. It is the second cut to rates this year, providing some further relief to home loan borrowers.

As the Reserve Bank is tipped to deliver its second rate cut this cycle, the greatest uncertainty overhanging the world economy is America, once the bedrock of global financial stability.

Manufacturers in China race to fulfil US orders as the reciprocal tariff pause takes effect, but the renewed trade war has already caused some businesses to take drastic measures.

The US President made the claim while also criticising tech giant Apple's decision to invest in India, following the implementation of his tariff regime.

The first trade deal struck following Donald Trump's tariff regime has drawn criticism from Beijing, which experts say is also a warning to other countries.

Online retail giants Shein and Temu will likely adapt their business models in the face of Trump's tariffs, but its not good news for those fighting fast fashion.

The US president says relations with China have been "reset" after an agreement to slash reciprocal tariffs. But as Americas Editor John Lyons reports, what Donald Trump will do after the 90 day pause, is difficult to predict.

The trade war between the US and China isn't fully over, but a deal between the two sides to slash reciprocal tariffs is a major capitulation from Donald Trump.

For Vietnam, one of the world's most export-reliant economies, the stakes of its negotiations with US President Donald Trump on the future of his tariffs plan could not be higher.

Beijing and Washington are pausing punishing bilateral tariffs for 90 days following a high-level meeting.

The US Treasury Secretary says the two countries will pause implementation of tariffs on each other's imports for 90 days.

The owners of a cafe in a tiny NSW town got a VIP visit after imposing a tariff on American goods to raise money for war-torn Ukraine.

Despite global uncertainty, tariffs, Trump and trade wars, demand for Australian beef is breaking records.

If the newly re-elected Albanese government is serious about Australian culture and production, then Donald Trump could be inadvertently showing the way to ensuring it.

It's the first deal between the US and one of its trading partners since Donald Trump up-ended global trading relationships with his "liberation day" tariffs.

Can US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent save the world from Donald Trump’s trade turmoil? 

The cordial tone of the leaders' meeting mostly belied the bitter trade war being fought by their countries.