Analysis
Scott Morrison has a good deal riding on Donald Trump winning re-election next year, and tied himself to the President to a remarkable degree during his week in the US – but it’s a trip that will carry some costs, writes Michelle Grattan.
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The Marshall Government is poised to open its promised US trade office in Texas after being knocked back on proposed digs in San Francisco, InDaily understands.
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Some of the state’s most senior bureaucrats were offered psychological counselling before being escorted from their building in a public service purge that is still ongoing at the troubled agency that sells South Australia to the world, InDaily can reveal.
The executive chair of Brand South Australia has lashed out at the Marshall Government’s decision to axe the not-for-profit organisation’s public funding, calling it a “sad day for the state”.
US President Donald Trump has taken steps to authorise new tariffs on $US325 billion ($A465 billion) in Chinese imports, as officials prepare for last-ditch talks to avert an escalation of a trade war that threatens to derail the global economy.
US President Donald Trump dramatically increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal, by announcing he will hike tariffs on $US200 billion ($A285 billion) worth of Chinese goods this week – and target hundreds of billions more soon.
