Australia Unveils Southeast Asia Plan as China Doubts Grow
- PM Albanese pushes new strategy in address to Asean summit
- Australia seeking to reduce its economic dependence on China
Australian officials view Southeast Asia as an underutilized economic partner.
Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
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Australia is aiming to ramp up its engagement with Southeast Asia in the face of rising trade and geopolitical uncertainties and growing concerns over China’s slowing economy.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum on Wednesday that his nation’s engagement with the region had “not kept pace with the growth of Southeast Asian economies.”