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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning. Here's your smart, fast start to the day.

6 things Australian traders will be talking about this morning The euro couldn't hold above $US1.17 despite a solid print for Eurozone inflation. And the Canadian dollar lost ground while the AUD held steady.

IT'S A TRADE WAR: Europe, Mexico, and Canada retaliate against Trump's steel and aluminium tariffs Trump announced that the EU, Canada, and Mexico would soon be subject to steel and aluminium tariffs. The decision angered the three key trading partners.

Italy's political crisis is developing rapidly -- here's how things have changed this week Italy's political crisis has calmed somewhat since it's rapid escalation at the beginning of the week. The prospect of a coalition government between the Five Star Movement and the Lega Nord is seemingly back on the table.

AccorHotels buys Mantra Group for $1.2 billion The deal will see Mantra, which has 138 hotels in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Bali, and brands such as Peppers, BreakFree and Art Series, delisted from the ASX.

Google Australia's boss just warned that Australia needs to 'speed up' on AI or miss out on a $2.2 trillion boom While many worry that this robot revolution will cause job redundancies, Jason Pellegrino says it will simply change the way we work, and it's a train Australia can't afford to miss.

This teenage tech prodigy tells us he can fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem Álex Sicart was coding at 10, had created his first app at 13, and was chosen by Forbes as one of their most influential young Europeans under 30 in 2017.

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