00:00China and Australia have agreed to maintain open dialogue and explore areas of cooperation
00:05despite strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region.
00:09Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also stresses that his country's trade relationship with China
00:15is separate from Canberra's handling of U.S. tariffs.
00:21Currently on his second visit to China as Prime Minister,
00:24Albanese said a decade-old free trade agreement with China would be reviewed.
00:30He added that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to explore potential cooperation on decarbonisation.
00:37China is one of Australia's most significant economic partners, accounting for nearly one-third of its total trade.
00:43Albanese is joined by a delegation of key business leaders who are set to attend a CEO roundtable in Beijing.
00:50His trip will last until Friday and will also take him to the southwestern city of Chengdu.
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