
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he intends to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to drop trade restrictions on billions of dollars of exports if the two leaders meet for the first time this month.
Speaking ahead of his departure for the East Asia Summit in Cambodia on Friday, Albanese said he will ask Xi to lift “counterproductive” tariffs and other trade measures if the two men meet during a slate of high-profile gatherings, including the G20 leaders’ summit in Bali, which begins on Tuesday.