International
11 April 2025
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are responding to a similar problem in dramatically different ways
Books & arts
8 April 2025
As Australia faces a crisis of orientation, an expatriate argues that being adaptable is better than being visionary
Other Voices
7 April 2025
Donald Trump’s trade policies couldn’t be more different from FDR’s labour-friendly efforts to open up America to the world
National affairs
6 April 2025
Australian exporters might well cope with a 10 per cent tariff, but a worldwide recession is another thing altogether
National affairs
4 April 2025
Australia’s narrow escape from tariffs during Donald Trump’s first presidency created hostility that could complicate efforts to respond to his latest move
National affairs
24 March 2025
How far will the Trump administration follow Big Pharma in targeting Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
Books & arts
17 March 2025
An American journalist lifts the veil on a company that might exemplify China’s future
Correspondents
11 March 2025
Can a former central banker use Donald Trump’s threats to pull off a shock win for Canada’s Liberals?
Other Voices
3 February 2025
The US president’s tariff decisions will damage not just America’s allies but also its own economy
Correspondents
6 January 2025
Donald Trump’s trade threat has brought to a head the unrest within Justin Trudeau’s government
Other Voices
29 November 2024
For everyone’s benefit, the leaders of Canada and Mexico shouldn’t be intimidated by Donald Trump’s tariff threat
Books & arts
6 November 2024
A former trade negotiator sets out to improve trade’s profile and reputation
International
24 October 2024
All signs suggest that China is in the grip of a long, self-induced economic slowdown
National affairs
26 August 2024
Labor’s Future Made in Australia policy risks entrenching opaque subsidies in a favoured sector
Books & arts
24 April 2024
Connecting everything to everything else didn’t dissolve power, it embedded it
International
24 January 2024
“Keeping the sea lanes open” comes with rarely considered opportunity costs
Correspondents
22 September 2023
Brazil’s energetic president is set on galvanising the non-Western BRICS grouping, not least to fight climate change
Books & arts
5 September 2023
The Great War brought the drive for international trade and cooperation to a disastrous end
Books & arts
25 August 2023
A new biography reveals Tim Fischer to have been a more complex figure than he might have seemed
National affairs
27 June 2023
Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace
International
31 March 2023
Let’s start with the good news about Australia–India relations
National affairs
20 March 2023
The latest Productivity Commission report marks the end of an era
International
8 February 2023
A new generation of sailing vessels is highlighting the challenge of reducing shipping emissions
Books & arts
25 January 2023
A Financial Times columnist says yes, but the figures tell a different story
National affairs
23 November 2021
A government commitment to buy Australian-made goods and services is not as positive as it sounds
National affairs
27 October 2021
Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?
National affairs
12 October 2021
The Chinese government’s power to control the fallout from a property crash is a reminder of just how far it has to go — and how far it has gone backwards — in freeing its…
National affairs
4 October 2021
Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade
National affairs
9 September 2021
Australia’s recycling ambitions aren’t being matched by action
National affairs
3 August 2021
When security masquerades as economics, the result is a poorer and less secure society