Anthony Albanese will soon become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition of improving bilateral relations. Ties between the nations crashed to unprecedented depths during those years over trade and security. The election of Albanese’s center-left government last year created an opportunity for a reset.
FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese briefs the media during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on July 10, 2023. Anthony Albanese will on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023 become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition that bilateral relations have improved after crashing to unprecedented depths over differences over trade and security that remain largely unresolved.
“It’s in Australia’s interest to have good relations with China,” Albanese told reporters last month when he announced the trip. But Shi noted that not all the trade barriers had been lifted, although Australia is confident that crippling tariffs on wine will be removed within months. The wine trade had been worth AU$1.2 billion a year.Australia’s first serious mistakes in Chinese eyes came in 2018 with moves that were seen as emphasizing China as a security threat.
Albanese maintains he has made no concessions to China to achieve more stable relations, citing the release last month of Australian journalistBut just before his planned trip was announced, Albanese’s government said it will not cancel a Chinese company’s 99-year lease ondespite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military forces.
Blanchette said that the growing talk of “de-risking” in Australia, or not depending too heavily on one country economically, is likely to be a concern for China in the talks. The impasse remained despite Europe’s eagerness to tap into Australia’s stocks of critical minerals and rare earths to reduce their own dependency on China.
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