Australia PM Albanese to Meet with Trump on G7 Sidelines in Canada
- Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday at the G7 summit in Canada for their first face-to-face talks.
- The meeting takes place amid the U.S. reassessment of the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement, valued at A$368 billion, alongside efforts to encourage Australia to increase its defense budget from 2% to 3.5% of GDP.
- Albanese plans to discuss tariffs, the AUKUS pact, and emphasize Australia’s contributions to collective defense, including US Marines in Darwin and fuel reserves storage.
- He stated that he plans to address the tariffs, emphasize the significance of AUKUS, and engage in a friendly dialogue, anticipating a productive conversation with President Trump.
- The talks signal ongoing Australian-US economic and security cooperation amid growing regional tensions and a $20 billion Australian data centre expansion announced recently.
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Albanese at the G7: PM Says There’s a Case for Canada to Join AUKUS 2.0
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised the prospect of Canada joining Pillar II of the AUKUS pact—the wing of the high-level security agreement focused on sharing advanced military technologies such as quantum capabilities, hypersonic missiles, and artificial intelligence. “I think that Australia always has a case for maximising our defence and security relationships in what is an uncertain world,” Albanese told reporters in Canada, where he…

Australia PM Albanese to meet with Trump on G7 sidelines in Canada
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Group of Seven summit in Canada for talks on the AUKUS defence pact and tariffs, in what will be the first face-to-face…
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