Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will go to China in early November, his workplace says
ByROD MCGUIRK Related Press
October 21, 2023, 9:48 PM
FILE – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese briefs the media throughout a joint information convention with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after a gathering on the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on July 10, 2023. Albanese will go to China in early November, his workplace mentioned Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 hours earlier than he was set to fly to the US to fulfill President Joe Biden. (AP Picture/Markus Schreiber, File)
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CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will go to China in early November, his workplace mentioned Sunday hours earlier than he was set to fly to the US to fulfill President Joe Biden.
Albanese’s workplace additionally mentioned China agreed to assessment the crippling tariffs it positioned on Australian wine which have successfully blocked commerce with the winemakers’ largest export market since 2020.
Albanese will change into the primary Australian prime minister to go to China in seven years when he travels to Beijing and Shanghai from Nov. 4-7.
He’ll meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing after which attend the China Worldwide Import Expo in Shanghai.
The go to to China and a possible breakthrough within the wine dispute mark an extra restore in bilateral relations since Albanese’s center-left Labor Social gathering received elections final yr after 9 years of conservative rule in Australia.
“I sit up for visiting China, an necessary step in direction of guaranteeing a secure and productive relationship,” Albanese mentioned in a press release.
“I welcome the progress now we have made to return Australian merchandise, together with Australian wine, to the Chinese language market. Robust commerce advantages each nations,” Albanese added.
Albanese accepted an invite weeks in the past to go to China this yr, however discovering appropriate dates has been difficult.
Albanese is visiting Washington, D.C., to fulfill Biden this week and can return to the US after his China journey to attend the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation leaders’ discussion board in San Francisco from Nov. 15-17.
Will probably be the ninth time Biden has met Albanese as prime minister. The primary assembly was in Tokyo hours after Albanese was sworn in as authorities chief in Could final yr.
The discussions this week are anticipated to cowl the AUKUS deal during which the US and Britain will cooperate to supply Australia with a fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear know-how to counter a extra assertive China.
The leaders can even search extra cooperation on clear power, essential minerals and countering local weather change.
