Albanese Shrugs Off Praise From China Daily for Opposing Trump on Tariffs

Beijing has quickly seized Australia’s opposition to U.S. President-elect Trump’s intention to impose tariffs on all imports, heaping praise on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for showing “strategic autonomy” in an editorial in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpiece, China Daily. However, Albanese has been quick to play down the endorsement, telling reporters, “I don’t subscribe to the China Daily” and saying that his only motivation is improving Australia’s terms of trade. The prime minister’s mastery of the “balancing act” between its alliance with Washington and economic interests with China drew accolades in the paper, along with his handling of the global political shift that has followed Trump’s impending return to America’s top job....