Australian media dare not criticize the United States, and instead start to "accuse China without basis", with China's rare earth control being seen as "disrupting" critical mineral supply chains.
The Australian "Sydney Morning Herald" reported on its front page that the Australian Prime Minister has sent signals to China and the United States regarding the ongoing trade disputes.
At the APEC Summit held in Gyeongju, South Korea, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined other leaders from the Asia-Pacific region in calling for the establishment of a resilient trade system, which is a signal to the United States and China, indicating that they should reach a long-term ceasefire in this trade war that is shaking the regional economy. However, unlike previous years, the 21 members of APEC did not reiterate their support for the "rules-based multilateral trading system centered on the World Trade Organization" when the APEC Summit ended yesterday.
For at least the past four years, this content had always appeared in the joint statements issued by the APEC Summit. After President Donald Trump disrupted global trade by using tariffs on almost every country as a negotiation strategy to secure individual deals for the United States, this content no longer appeared. Political leaders instead pointed out that the Asia-Pacific region is at a "critical turning point" and called for efforts to "ensure supply chain resilience," implicitly referring to the Trump administration's tariff regime and China's threat of disrupting the global rare earth mineral supply. When talking about the tension between the US and China, Albanese said he hopes to see more changes.
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