Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterAustralia’s intensive lobbying to be exempt from America’s steel and aluminium tariff rollout may amount to naught, with Donald Trump reconfirming his commitment to a more comprehensive global regime.Trump doubled down on his plan to “take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs” in comments aligning with his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. They have said tariffs would be imposed from 12 March, and that no exemptions will be granted.Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested after ICC warrantPeter Dutton was within rules as he repeatedly charged taxpayers for flights coinciding with fundraisersSquatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier saysAustralian Winter Olympian Belle Brockhoff airlifted to hospital after horror crashTop Washington Post columnist quits after piece critical of Bezos is scrappedOnly seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study showsDalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’ Continue reading…Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterAustralia’s intensive lobbying to be exempt from America’s steel and aluminium tariff rollout may amount to naught, with Donald Trump reconfirming his commitment to a more comprehensive global regime.Trump doubled down on his plan to “take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs” in comments aligning with his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. They have said tariffs would be imposed from 12 March, and that no exemptions will be granted.Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested after ICC warrantPeter Dutton was within rules as he repeatedly charged taxpayers for flights coinciding with fundraisersSquatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier saysAustralian Winter Olympian Belle Brockhoff airlifted to hospital after horror crashTop Washington Post columnist quits after piece critical of Bezos is scrappedOnly seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study showsDalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’ Continue reading…
Australia’s intensive lobbying to be exempt from America’s steel and aluminium tariff rollout may amount to naught, with Donald Trump reconfirming his commitment to a more comprehensive global regime.
Trump doubled down on his plan to “take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs” in comments aligning with his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and director of the White House National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett. They have said tariffs would be imposed from 12 March, and that no exemptions will be granted.
Previously, Trump said he would give “great consideration” to exempting Australia, much like in 2018 when the then prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, successfully navigated reprieve from sweeping US tariffs. Turnbull’s input may have had the opposite effect this time around, with his recent remarks that Trump is a “weak and ineffective leader” allegedly invoking the US president’s ire.
Top news
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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested after ICC warrant
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Squatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier says
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Australian Winter Olympian Belle Brockhoff airlifted to hospital after horror crash
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Top Washington Post columnist quits after piece critical of Bezos is scrapped
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Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows
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Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’
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What they said …
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In numbers
On Sunday, Trump could not say if his on-again, off-again protectionist policies could lead the US into a recession, sending shock waves through global markets.
Before bed read
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