Week One: Tariffs, trade wars, and Trump

It took six days into the federal election campaign for Donald Trump to throw his first grenade. The US President’s “Liberation Day” tariffs have put the world on the brink of a global trade war and ramped up the pressure on the major parties to pitch a clear path forward.

Crikey politics editor Bernard Keane and readers editor Crystal Andrews discuss what the US tariffs mean for the election, Anthony Albanese’s response, and how the announcement has undermined the start of Peter Dutton’s campaign.

Then politics reporter Anton Nilsson and Tips & Murmurs editor Charlie Lewis talk pork barreling and campaign gossip.

Read more:

• Dutton has flirted pathetically with Trump. On ‘Liberation Day’, the honeymoon is over.
• Albanese brings a protectionism popgun to Trump’s trade war trenches. It won’t save us
• The who’s who of Australia’s security sector are saying the quiet part out loud
• This little piggy: We’re mapping the election’s pork-barrelling
• Corflutes, Craig Kelly, curry pies: Welcome to our spicy election-edition Tips and Murmurs
• How to tip-off Crikey: Heard something weird? Seen something amusing? Want to take someone down? We’re here to help!

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