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Asian odyssey is a chance to defuse tensions
Ending Beijing’s trade bans and easing China-US tensions gives foreign policy neophyte Anthony Albanese an important new challenge.
Anthony Albanese has begun an intense, nine-day round of summiteering at the East Asia Forum, the G20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting.
It is hoped it will culminate in a meeting on the sidelines with President Xi Jinping, where the prime minister must press the Chinese leader to drop the counterproductive trade sanctions on Australia.
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