The latest US presidential twist throws the race wide open – but what could it mean for Australia?
Arthur Sinodinos
The departure of President Biden will energise the campaign but neither side seems likely to alter international economic policy a great deal
July 2023
Brief letters
The acting BBC chair isn’t just part of the furniture
Brief letters: Elan Closs Stephens | Tony Blair and Iraq | Britain abroad | Pacific gains | Dog-unfriendly
May 2023
Rishi Sunak cites cheap beer and sanitary products as benefits of Brexit
On his way to the G7 summit, the prime minster insists household income is ‘outperforming’ expectations
October 2021
How Covid spread fear of globalisation and threatens a new world order
From China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the virus has accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky
March 2021
The Guardian view on defence and foreign policy: an old-fashioned look at the future
Editorial: A reconsideration of Britain’s place in the world is necessary. But this paper fails to meet the challenges of the 21st century
October 2018
Say goodbye to Pax Americana. Trump is accelerating its demise
Max Boot
The president is squandering US influence abroad while helping to usher in a new global disorder, says the author Max Boot
Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
Alex Turnbull 'absolutely not' a proxy for his dad in Liberal attacks – as it happened
Malcolm Turnbull’s son says he did not seek father’s permission to campaign against the Liberals
Bill Shorten: 'We've got to end the climate change war'
UK welcome to join Pacific trade pact after Brexit, says Japanese PM
Labor's left wing growing uneasy about Nauru children and Pacific trade deal
September 2018
TPP-11: divisions within Labor continue over support for trade pact
Victoria’s industrial left says it ‘will never stop fighting the trans-Pacific partnership agreement and its attacks on working people’
Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
Peter Dutton misled parliament over au pairs, inquiry finds – as it happened
PM says drought summit is more important. Meanwhile, government acts tough on food tampering. Follow all the day’s events, live
Labor drops opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Caucus and shadow cabinet agree to pass TPP, but also change the way Australia negotiates on trade
April 2018
Trump says he would rejoin TPP if offered better terms than Obama
Trump said to be reviewing Trans-Pacific Partnership in trade U-turn
March 2018
Is Trump right about free trade or is there a fair alternative?
Jim Stanford
Trans-Pacific Partnership: what the deal is and what it means for Australia
Trans-Pacific Partnership signed: 'world will be drinking more Australian wine'
Trump's tariff plan a black day for the world, BHP boss says
January 2018
Trans-Pacific Partnership's benefit to Australia 'very small'
Resurrected trade deal will bring just 0.5% of real national income, economists say