Anthony Albanese will become the first Australian prime minister in seven years to visit China in recognition that bilateral relations have improved after…
He arrives Saturday on a three-day visit that will take him to Shanghai then Beijing, where he'll meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping.in recognition that bilateral relations have improved after crashing to unprecedented depths over trade and security differences that remain largely unresolved.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“It’s in Australia’s interest to have good relations with China,” Albanese told reporters last month when he announced the trip.But Albanese’s government is also deepening security ties with the United States, notably with the AUKUS agreement involving Britain that will provide Australia with a fleet of submarine powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
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.
But just before his planned trip was announced, Albanese’s government said it will not cancel a Chinese company’s 99-year lease on Darwin Port despite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military forces. Albanese had criticized the lease since it was signed in 2015, but some security analysts interpreted the decision to let Shandong Landbridge Group keep the lease as a concession to China ahead of his visit.
“I think what the Australians are going to say is ... we still want to have a strong trading relationship with you but you’re going to see a realignment of capital and technology to other markets as well,” he said.
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