Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst on Anthony Albanese’s high-stakes trips to Washington and Beijing
In the space of just two weeks, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will have met with two of the world’s most powerful leaders – US President Joe Biden and China’s president, Xi Jinping. And central to both meetings will be the Aukus deal: a historic defence agreement between the US, Australia and the UK designed to counter China’s military rise in the Pacific.
about how the deal could impact Australia’s relationship with its biggest defence ally, the US, and largest trading partner, China.‘Difficult and expensive’: US report raises Aukus doubts after Joe Biden reassures Anthony Albanese at White HouseThe Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work.
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