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A staggering $112bn has been wiped off the ASX as the trade war escalates, with China retaliating against US tariffs with Trump administration officials sounding defiant as global markets crash.

The Trump dump has delivered extreme moves, however there’s one important thing that is so far preventing this becoming a full-blown financial crisis, writes Eric Johnston.

A price turnaround and the prospect of accelerated rate cuts puts residential property back in favour as share markets turn sharply negative.

Vesna Poljak
Business Editor
The markets


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Here’s how Trump hopes his plan will play out
By ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN
Business Columnist
In President Donald Trump’s perfect world, a 10 per cent tariff on imports would eventually become the norm, creating a global GST that lowers taxes on income. But the pain is very...
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Shell-shocked share investors will turn to property
A price turnaround and the prospect of accelerated rate cuts puts residential property back in favour as share markets turn sharply negative.
By JAMES KIRBY
Domain deal, others look shaky amid market meltdown
There are real doubts that Andrew Florance’s CoStar follows through on its bid for the online real estate group.
By BRIDGET CARTER
Virgin strengthens board as Bain presses on with IPO
Virgin Australia’s owner is pushing ahead with its plans to relist the airline on the ASX, even as the sharemarkets endure a bloodbath.
By ROBYN IRONSIDE
Woodside to sell 40pc of US LNG project
The deal will see infrastructure investor Stonepeak fund 75 per cent of the development expenditure over two years, tempering the concern about Woodside’s capacity to fund expansion and reward shareholders.
By COLIN PACKHAM
Storage battle as billionaire kicks off $1.9bn takeover
One of the best known international billionaires in the property sector has joined with a US giant to take out the minority shareholders in the struggling Abacus self-storage trust.
By BEN WILMOT

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