The Prime Minister has revealed his thoughts on not receiving an invite to Beijing like his New Zealand counterpart and took aim at his predecessor’s relationship with China.
Mr Albanese held formal bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping for the first time in Bali last week and has had multiple warm exchanges with him during his 10 day summit tour, which concluded with APEC in Thailand.
Love news? Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 “There’d been no contact since 2016 and over the previous term of the government, there hadn’t been so much as a phone conversation.” “So when it comes to trade for example, it is in Australia's interest to export our wine, our meat, our seafood, our wonderful products and mineral resources but it’s in China's interests to receive.
China slapped punitive trade restrictions and suspended several Australian export products to the nation in November 2020 in response to the Morrison government’s vocal stance to investigate the origins of COVID-19.
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