Australian prime minister announces China visit hours before leaving for US to meet Biden
By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit China in early November, his office says. It also said Sunday that China agreed to review the crippling tariffs it placed on Australian wine that have effectively blocked trade with the winemakers’ biggest export market since 2020. Albanese will become the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years when he travels to Beijing and Shanghai from Nov. 4-7. He will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing and attend the China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Albanese is visiting Washington, D.C., to meet President Joe Biden this week.