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Anthony Albanese talks trade and defence with China’s leaders

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Australia has raised the Chinese live firing drills directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a critical high level meeting in Beijing. While Anthony Albanese said the contentious policy to return the Chinese leased port of Darwin was not raised in the hour-long meeting with the president, defence and security did feature. The lengthy engagement involved repeated reference to free and open trade, a veiled reference to Washington DC's tariffs, which are already affecting China's economic growth forecasts with flow on impacts for Australia.
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