Prime Minister Scott Morrison with US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Japan last month. Photo: EPA/Kazuhiro Nogi

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USA versus China: South Australia's export challenge

For South Australian exporters, China is now the main game but the US remains a key investor. How does a state like South Australia navigate the trade tensions between China and our closest strategic partner?

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"It's in a sorry state": More senior jobs axed at morale-sapped trade agency

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.

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“A bad, short-sighted decision”: Brand SA boss blasts funding cut

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”.

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Trump raises stakes in China trade standoff

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.

 

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Trump threatens China with higher tariffs

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.