Trade

Last financial year Western Australia produced a record volume of more than 65,000 tonnes of avocados, representing 44 per cent of the total volume grown in Australia.

Facing fierce competition in China amid a sluggish economy, e-commerce giant Alibaba's shopping platform Taobao is establishing a new front in the Singles' Day war in Taiwan.

Donald Trump will return to the White House, leaving allies like Australia — and rivals like China — wondering what might be coming next.

The federal government has quietly delayed plans to introduce local content requirements for major streaming platforms, with no indication of when it might return to work on the policy.

The Wangany Mala documentary delves into how Yolŋu people from north-east Arnhem Land and Macassans from modern-day Indonesia traded before colonisation.

Middle East trading partners say "50 years of working with Australia" has been thrown out the door following the decision to end live sheep exports by sea.

Indonesia is one of Australia's biggest customers for wheat, red meat and live cattle but new president Prabowo Subianto wants the nation to be food self-sufficient within five years.

For years, the mantra from the industry has been that gas is a bridge between coal and renewable energy. A landmark study has sensationally challenged that idea.

The good news regarding Australian lobster exports wasn't the only headline out of the gathering in Laos this week, with plenty of simmering tensions in the region regarding thorny security issues.

When China lifted tariffs on Australia's bottled wine exports, winemakers, connoisseurs and importers were excited, but now they face new challenges and changing consumer behaviour.

This week, Russia has carried out three attacks around Ukraine's southern Odesa port region, all on foreign-flagged civilian container ships, damaging infrastructure and causing multiple casualties.

Australian rock lobster exports to China look set to resume by the end of the year, and many are celebrating. Here's what that decision means for industry and consumers alike.

A day after oil prices surged, US President Joe Biden warned Israel against military strikes on Iran's oil export facilities for good reason — any attack could ignite another bout of inflation, and possibly plunge the world into recession.

The Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin has signed a "friendly cooperation" agreement with Shenzhen Port in southern China, citing a wish to establish a closer relationship and examine business opportunities.

A US dock workers' strike reaching from New York to Texas is throwing global supply chains into disarray. And Australians' weekly shop will not be immune.

The bursting of China's economic bubble has exposed deep vulnerabilities in the Chinese Communist Party — and threatens Xi Jinping's legacy.

Staff from a Tasmanian agency charged with "attracting investment" to the state have racked up international hotel stays and other expenses amounting to $289,000 over the past three financial years.

Jim Chalmers meets with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the country's flagging economy and how that may impact Australia, as well as some lingering trade bans and the test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mr Chalmers is in Beijing to co-chair the first Australia-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in seven years, as well as to better understand the challenges facing the Chinese economy.

The former Australian treasurer and ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, says the US dollar will grow weaker under either of the platforms of US presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. He also warned the Republican that he had made "absurd" spending commitments.