Albanese to spruik free trade as salve to turmoil at G7 but Australia still struggling to secure meeting with Trump
by Tom McIlroy in Seattle from World news | The Guardian on (#6XZQY)
Australian prime minister to tell world leaders, including US president, that free trade can help calm rising global insecurity
Anthony Albanese will tell Donald Trump and the leaders of the world's biggest economies that free trade can help calm rising global insecurity, as next week's G7 summit looks set to be dominated by conflict in the Middle East.
The prime minister will visit technology giant Amazon's Seattle headquarters on Sunday, on his way to talks with world leaders in Alberta next week, a trip he hopes will include his first face-to-face meeting with the US president.
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