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foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic

Penny Wong's Washington DC speech to focus on US engagement with Asia and avoiding conflict with China

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a major speech in Washington DC to urge President Joe Biden's administration to ramp-up economic engagement with Asia, while warning that "nationalistic domestic posturing" in both China and the US could fuel a catastrophic conflict.

The foreign minister will also press Beijing to accept Mr Biden's call to put "guardrails" around great power competition, to help ensure it does not spiral into confrontation or war.

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