Ben Doherty
Foreign Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian
International Affairs, The Guardian. Australia. Fellow @risj_oxford Oxford University. Opinions - hilarious/insightful/otherwise - my own.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Justin McCurry |Ben Doherty |Amy Hawkins |Helen Davidson |Rebecca Ratcliffe
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has stoked fears over Washington’s commitment to the security of its allies in the Asia Pacific at a time when tensions are running high in the region, home to several potential flashpoints.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty
Australia, like countries all over the world, now faces the invidious task of negotiating a way around the US’s new tariff wall, finding a way into the good graces of an administration that has proven itself capricious, especially with allies.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty
Huddled on Afghanistan’s chaotic border with Pakistan, his young son shivering in the cold, Ibrahim Danish stared at the unmoving metal gates – willing them to open, even just for a moment. “We spent the night there in the middle of the street with little Daniel and it was [the most] difficult night of my life,” he says.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty
Australia has been hit with a 10% tariff on all imports to the US as part of a global tariff regime imposed by US president Donald Trump. In his ‘Liberation Day’ speech, the president held up a board listing countries and their rates of tariffs. It claimed Australia imposed a 10% tariff on US goods, “including currency manipulation and other trade barriers”. He said America would impose a broad 10% reciprocal tariff in return.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Ben Doherty |Dan Jervis-Bardy |Patrick Commins
Australia will consider taking its ally America to the World Trade Organization (WTO) if it is targeted in the Trump administration’s “liberation day” tariff regime, to be imposed from Thursday. The US president was expected to announce a new round of global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but which countries and goods will be targeted remain largely unknown.
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