The prime minister of Australia, a longtime US security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on business and trade opportunities, dodging thornier issues around US-China competition such as Taiwan or Beijing’s military expansion.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has kicked off a visit to China meant to shore up the countries’ trade relations.

Australia’s potential to export green metals – made here using abundant, cheap renewable energy – could deliver immeasurable economic benefits and accelerate the global race to net zero. It’s now a step closer.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Shanghai on Saturday for a six-day visit to three Chinese cities where regional security tensions and economic ties are likely to dominate talks.

Australia and China are working to strengthen trade ties despite disagreements over security and human rights. On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 involved more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 Indo-Pacific and European nations.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he complained to China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on Tuesday about a Chinese naval live-fire exercise off the Australian coast that forced commercial aircraft to change course.

Australia and China should cooperate more closely over green steel, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Shanghai on Monday, even as he called on the world's largest steelmaker to address excess capacity for the metal.