It will be his fifth meeting with Li Qiang, and second in only a few months.
Anthony Albanese will meet his Chinese counterpart for the second time in a few months, after he welcomed the premier to Canberra in June.Anthony Albanese is in Laos for the ASEAN summit, where he will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines.
But Australian concerns over security and trade are expected to dominate today's meeting, including China's ongoing trade ban on Australian rock lobsters.China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean this week. What's behind it? "We do have strategic competition in the region, but it's important that that dialogue occurred," he said.
With the US presidential election only weeks away, neither US President Joe Biden nor Vice-President Kamala Harris are attending this year's summit, instead sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken.The federal government has made driving Australian business in South-East Asia a key part of its foreign policy approach to the region.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong used a recent speech to the Asia Society and Australian Financial Review to point to the government's work in boosting business in the region — but also called on Australian corporates to step up."Complacency, or business as usual, has a cost, and it's a cost that risks compromising our influence today and our prosperity tomorrow."
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