The prime minister says Australia and US were of the same mind’ but added ‘We will consider our position ... with distinguished care’The prime minister is refusing to say whether Australia would participate with the United States in freedom-of-navigation exercises in the South China Sea and says the US Congress remains the biggest impediment to landing the still contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership.
On the opening day of the Apec summit in Manila,and after his first substantial assembly with the US president, Barack Obama, or Turnbull was coy about Australia’s intentions whether the US decided to send another warship to the disputed region of the South China Sea.
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Source: theguardian.com