Trump and Xi at the Zhongnanhai Garden.

Trump wraps up Beijing summit with plenty of goodwill but few blockbuster deals

The leaders of the two most powerful countries in the world have spent the past two days at their cordial best,with the Trump administration confident the visit will pay dividends.

  • Lisa Visentin

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US President Donald Trump is greeted by Chinese youth,a military honour guard and military band as he arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport on Wednesday.

How Trump’s concessions risk affecting Australia’s own interests

Donald Trump is in Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping and strike a trade deal,but will he inadvertently make it harder for the rest of us?

Trump fist pumps after touching down in Beijing.

Trump and Xi have much to talk about in Beijing – and plenty could be left unsaid

Beijing:With the US president’s popularity sinking back home,he’s looking to score a win by signing deals with China,writes North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin.

  • Lisa Visentin
Donald Trump is hoping it’s third time lucky.

Trump’s ‘Hail Mary’ attempt to save his war on the world

US courts have now deemed Trump’s first two attempts to impose a global tariff regime unlawful. His third,and probably final,attempt may also be challenged.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Chinese president Xi Jinping is in a much stronger negotiating position than Trump.

Trump heads to China weak and embarrassed

Donald Trump isn’t holding a winning hand as he gets ready for his summit with Xi Jinping.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump

Trump targets Europe as he eyes a new war

You’d think Donald Trump had enough on his plate,trying to find an exit path from his war on Iran that isn’t humiliating. Now he has set his sights on one of America’s biggest trading partners.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Donald Trump said the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was “incredible” and Iran’s economy was “crashing”.

‘So sad’:Trump has to start refunding $231b of his illegal tariffs

America is about to pay refunds of revenue collected from Donald Trump’s illegal “Liberation Day” tariffs. And that may just be the beginning.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump has warned Iran against charging fees on tankers going through Hormuz.

Iran holds the trump card in this energy crisis

A peace deal would have to be on terms closer to Iran’s demands than to Trump’s surrender ultimatum. We are a long way from that awful moment of realism in the Oval Office.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Donald Trump on the weekend in Miami. The US president has warned that any Iranians who try to stop his blockade will be “blown to hell”.

The US is dragging the world into turbulent economic waters

The big jump in the US inflation rate revealed on Friday is only a preview of things to come,as the conflict in the Persian Gulf enters its next phase.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
US President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were ruled illegal in February.

Not all exporters will get a tariff refund from the US. Here’s why

A bunch of Australian businesses have taken to the courts to claw back recently voided tariff payments made to the US government,but there may be a simpler way to apply for a refund within weeks.

  • Millie Muroi