The EU-Australia agreement allowed Anthony Albanese to argue that free trade is not dead in the Trump era. But the turmoil in the Middle East is overwhelming.
The contradictions in Donald Trump’s approach to the Iran war have always defied logic. But the economic damage and global chaos unleashed are on full, devastating show.
See-sawing markets that veer between disaster and optimism are just the most extreme markers of general confusion about what comes next. A potential end to the war or further massive destruction?
