Labor’s high stakes trip amid Trump turmoil

Labor’s high stakes trip amid Trump turmoil

Australia’s chief diplomat will meet her Quad counterparts in Washington this week as the Trump administration looks to ramp up pressure on China.

Same Quad, new questions

Penny Wong is heading to Washington with a familiar brief but in a very different setting. The world has changed since the last time all four Quad foreign ministers were in the same room. America has a new president, again. Maritime trade is under threat, again. But the logic of the Quad remains largely unchanged. It is collective resilience, without calling it an alliance. The Australian Foreign Minister will meet this week with her counterpart…