The APEC summit has made a stand against new barriers,in a signal to the US president-elect to rethink his tariffs plan.
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.
But tensions over China were apparent in Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Indonesia’s president,who spoke of the need to “lower the temperature” with Beijing.
Chinese involvement has drawn US warnings about Peru potentially being used by Chinese military ships as a foothold in the Americas.
How to respond to Trump’s triumph recalls how the Democrats answered Reagan. Bill Clinton’s election-winning shift had Reaganite notes,but what made for good politics often made for terrible policy.
Last week,a historically unpopular government got thrown out of office. Despite what many pundits are suggesting,there is nothing extraordinary about that.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived at an economic summit in Peru that is being overshadowed by the world leader who isn’t there – Donald Trump.
Shaun Carney has asked some questions our prime minister needs to address. The Voice referendum’s failure was not a good start to his tenure but the government has not been an embarrassment to this nation – as were the previous Coalition governments.
Melania Trump’s snub of Biden was particularly striking because the two husbands were meeting after exchanging ugly insults in a bitter campaign.
It must have been as surreal an experience for Biden,the 81-year-old president,who beat Trump for the presidency in 2020 and had mounted a second campaign that ended short.
The prime minister has a bit too much in common with Joe Biden. A politician’s origin story can help them get where they want to go,but it won’t keep them there.