Australian PM raises trade ‘blockages’ with China at G20

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised with Chinese President Xi Jinping his concerns about trade “blockages”, but did not walk away from their first face-to-face talks with any promises that the 13 billion Australian dollar (£7.4 billion) barriers to Australian exports would be lifted.

The Australian government described the talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on Tuesday as the first formal bilateral meeting between the two nations’ leaders since 2016, when Mr Xi met then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.