PM gets a call with Donald Trump, no word on a meeting
Prime Minister Anthony Arbanese received a “warm and constructive” phone with US President Donald Trump about trade and security.
Mr. Albania announced the fourth call between the couple in a social media post just before the midnight Thursday.
“We discussed our trade and economic relationship and growth areas, including critical minerals.” He said.
He continued: “We also discussed the US-Australian security interests.”
Tonight I made a warmer and constructive speech with President @realdonaldtrump. We discussed our trade and economic relationship and growth areas, including critical minerals. We also discussed the US-Australian security interest.
However, there was no word about when the two leaders would hold the first face -to -face meetings that Australia had watched since Mr. Trump’s rise in November.
In June, a G7 summit in Canada was expected to have negotiations between them, but Mr. Trump was canceled after returning to the United States early to deal with problems in the Middle East.
Call, Australia’s United Nations General Assembly meeting is expected to participate in the United Kingdom, France, Canada and others for the recognition of a Palestinian state only weeks ago.
In addition, after giving Australia’s imports of Australian goods to the United States 10 percent and 50 percent of tariff tariffs in steel and aluminum, Mr. Trump comes in the midst of efforts to get rid of the tariffs regime.
At the same time, the United States reviews Aukus Triple Security Alliance, which is expected to spend $ 386 billion on Australia’s nuclear powerful attack submarines, to ensure that Mr. Trump is compatible with the “American first” agenda.
The United States forces Australia to raise defense expenditures to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product.
The government is currently spending 2.02 percent in order to raise GDP to 2.33 percent by 2033/34.
