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Australia Post is suspending parcel deliveries into the US.

‘Utterly insane month’: Australia Post suspends business parcel shipments to US in tariff fallout

Business and retail packages will be halted from today after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on low-value parcels.

  • Nick Newling

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Punchbowl’s Abu Ahmad Butchery.

‘We have become our own food scientists’: Navigating a chaotic and confusing billion-dollar industry

What is halal, and how is food certified? Inside an industry that has grown from the suburbs into big business and a major part of Australian trade.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
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Coffee was about the only source of calories driving the first day of the economic roundtable.

No phones, no handlers, no nice snacks: day one in Chalmers’ VIP lock-up

Meetings in federal parliament are normally like a buffet of sweet and savoury. But the catering staff are clearly taking to heart the issues central to Anthony Albanese’s economic roundtable.

  • Shane Wright
US President Donald Trump announced gold would be exempt from tariffs.

One of Australia’s largest exports to the US escapes tariff hit

US President Donald Trump has intervened to ensure gold stays tariff-free after one of his agencies sent a letter suggesting it would be hit with extra costs.

  • Olivia Ireland
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at the White House in February.

‘Bad timing’: US-India tensions throw Albanese-Trump meeting into doubt

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plans to meet Donald Trump in India next month look shaky because of the US president’s punishing tariffs on Indian exports.

  • Matthew Knott
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The Trump administration has hit out at other countries offering cheaper drug prices than the US.

‘A very big threat’: Australia defends PBS as Trump flags 250% tariffs on medicines

Health Minister Mark Butler will get advice within days on speeding up medicine approvals – one of the key issues that US pharmaceutical giants have raised with Donald Trump.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Bitcoin’s value dipped slightly after the publication of the China rumours.

China did not ban crypto this week, so why is the internet saying it did?

Posts and articles claiming the implementation of a new ban were viewed millions of times on Sunday, though they are seemingly based on lies.

  • Tim Biggs
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Rollercoaster week raises questions about true state of the US economy

After stellar GDP growth, we were told it was “the Trump economy″⁣ in effect. But when a shockingly weak jobs report arrived, suddenly the numbers were “rigged”.

  • Michael Koziol
Cheese traders have been in for a wild ride.

Cheesed off: Swiss meltdown over Trump’s ‘incomprehensible’ tariff whack

Switzerland’s brand-name suppliers of luxury watches, jewellery, cheese and chocolate are reeling after a 39 per cent tariff was slapped on their exports to the US.

  • David Crowe