Source: Reference News
According to the Australian Financial Review website on October 17, the Australian Treasury Secretary Jim Chamers on October 16 rejected the US Treasury Secretary Bessent's proposed Western allies should reduce trade with China.
According to reports, Chalmers told reporters in Washington, the capital of the United States on the 16th:"What is most in line with Australia's interests is to expand trade rather than set up more trade barriers."
Chamers said Australia could help address the weak link in the global key mineral supply chain, but he opposed the Trump administration’s “disconnection” claim this week.