U.S., Australia Tighten Coordination in Face of China’s Rise
- Senior U.S., Australian officials held meetings in Washington
- U.S.-funded fuel reserve to be set up in northern Australia
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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The U.S. and Australia sought to project unity against a more assertive China in the Indo-Pacific region, announcing some modest defense initiatives while pushing back against Beijing on issues from the Hong Kong national-security law to 5G technology.
Senior American and Australian officials, meeting over two days in Washington this week, agreed to work toward greater military cooperation and to establish a U.S.-funded, commercially operated military fuel reserve in the northern city of Darwin.