Australia Says It Wants to ‘Sit Around the Table’ With China

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government wants to restart dialog with Beijing, as a series of trade reprisals from China strain the already-weakened relationship between the two countries.

“We, of course, would like to see the dialog that was occurring to continue again and start again,” Morrison said at a press conference on Saturday at the Group of Seven leaders meeting in the U.K., according to a transcript sent by his office. “Australia is always ready to sit around the table and talk through how our partnership can be made to work.”