The PM greeted the US and Canadian leaders ahead of the first talks at the APEC summit in Peru,which were skipped by China’s leader Xi Jinping.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had barely touched down in Samoa when the Commonwealth summit faced a split over who should pay to cut emissions.
While the People’s Bank of China’s monetary blitz has ignited the sharemarket,it doesn’t fix its economic crisis. A meeting later this month will tell us more.
The prime minister was the first foreign leader invited to Biden’s private home known as the “Lake House” since he became president.
Why would the notoriously prickly Chinese government let in the notoriously provocative Ye? The answer may lie in China’s struggling economy.
If the iron ore price is a barometer of the health of China’s economy,then it is signalling a level of weakness that ought to galvanise China’s policymakers.
China’s economic mess is weighing heavily on Australia and the rest of the world. Added to Beijing’s concerns is the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
Anthony Albanese’s hot-mic moment wasn’t like Peter Dutton’s joke about Pacific nations going underwater,but US official Kurt Campbell’s remarks were tantalising.
Anthony Albanese has accused a NZ journalist of behaving unethically for recording him having a private conversation with a senior Biden administration official. Vision:Lydia Lewis/ RNZ Pacific
The prime minister jokingly suggested the US could share the cost of Australia’s $400 million Pacific police partnership deal,widely seen as countering China.
A critical moment looms for China with a meeting this month to set out its plans for the future. Xi Jinping will be treading carefully.