‘Australia First’ Policy Embraces Trade, Treasurer Morrison Says

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Australia is still committed to working on trade relationships, with a focus on Asia, even after the U.S. pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison said.

“Australia’s a trading nation, an ‘Australia first’ policy does embrace trade and foreign investment and all of these things,” Morrison said in an from London with Bloomberg Television’s David Gura on Tuesday. “And so our economic interests are very much aligned with that approach.”