Readers respond to the fallout from the Werribee byelection and Donald Trump’s tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium.

"This is a big deal," Donald Trump said in the Oval Office as he announced the tariffs. "The beginning of making America rich ...

There was much head shaking in editorials and elsewhere that the jobs created by firms relocating their operations or supply lines to the US to avoid the tariffs would be fewer than the jobs destroyed ...

President Donald Trump signed an order Monday imposing global tariffs of 25% on all steel and aluminum imports in a move that ...

President Trump pumped the brakes last week on a pledge to shut down an import tax exemption for cheap consumer goods from ...

As has been widely reported, President Donald J. Trump issued executive orders on February 1, 2025, imposing tariffs on certain products imported ...

But there’s a method behind Trump’s tariff plan. Trump has used and promised to expand tariffs for three primary purposes: to ...

This strategy is intended to create a fairer trade environment but could also escalate tensions and potentially trigger a new ...

President Donald Trump has been unambiguous about his plans to exact retribution against his perceived enemies during his second term, even directly positioning himself with his rally-goers during hi ...

China’s retaliatory tariffs on goods from the United States are due to come into effect Monday, escalating economic tensions between Beijing and Washington and dampening hopes that the two countries ...

The appointment of a ‘fentanyl czar’ signals that the War on Drugs is back. But the criminalization of drug use has failed ...

Trump also says he is using tariffs to “combat the scourge of fentanyl”, a powerful drug that causes tens of thousands of ...