Anthony Albanese locks in first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump at G7 summit in Canada
by Tom McIlroy in Seattle from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y00P)
Prime minister confirms a meeting is scheduled for Tuesday in Kananaskis, Alberta, where he will push Australia's case for a tariff exemption
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Anthony Albanese will meet the US president, Donald Trump, face-to-face for the first time next week, using talks on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada to press the case for an exemption to trade tariffs and talk up the Aukus agreement.
Touring Amazon's headquarters in Seattle on Sunday AEST, the prime minister confirmed a meeting had been set with Trump in Kananaskis, Alberta, along with separate bilateral talks with the leaders of Canada, the UK and Germany.
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