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☆ China, Australia Hold First High-Level Dialogue in Three Years in Beijing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Joe CashBEIJING (Reuters) - China and Australia should "seriously consider" what they have learned from halting their high-level dialogue over the past three years, Li Zhaoxing, a former foreign minister, said on Thursday, as the talks restarted in Beijing. China accounts for nearly one-third of Australian trade, while Australia is China's eighth-largest trade partner. Diplomatic exchanges have been ramping up since Australia elected a Labor government in May 2022 and China lifted tariffs on its barley exports. "Over the past decades... China has not posed any threat to Australia, and will not do so in the future. The Australian delegation also includes former Liberal foreign minister Julie Bishop, whose inclusion was to show bipartisan political support, the statement said.

Persons: Joe Cash, Li Zhaoxing, Li, Craig Emerson, Penny Wong, Julie Bishop, Emerson, Anthony Albanese, Li Qiang, Whitlam’s, " Albanese, Kirsty Needham, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Joe Cash BEIJING, Australia, Labor, Australian, Australian Foreign, Liberal, Australia's, ASEAN Locations: China, Australia, Beijing, Canberra, Jakarta, Sydney

☆ Australian PM to visit China this year after 'progress' on ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese along with the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong smile during the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsSYDNEY, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Australia and China have made progress in returning to "unimpeded trade" but more progress is needed, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday as he met Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a regional summit in Indonesia. "The progress we have made in resuming unimpeded trade is good for both countries and we want to see that progress continue," Albanese said in his opening comments at the meeting. Li said he welcomed Albanese to visit China this year, and Albanese said he would. "I look forward to visiting China later this year to mark the 50th anniversary of Prime Minister Whitlam’s historic visit," Albanese said in a statement after the meeting, referring to the first visit to communist China by an Australian leader, then prime minister Gough Whitlam, in 1973.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong, Willy Kurniawan, Li Qiang, Albanese, Li, Whitlam’s, " Albanese, Gough Whitlam, Cheng Lei, Yang Hengjun, Kirsty Needham, Robert Birsel Organizations: Australian, Australian Foreign, ASEAN Summit, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Australia, China

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