Australia’s Albanese Touts Minerals Reserve Ahead of Trump Talks

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized the nation’s strong critical minerals reserve and its ability to “value add” ahead of his first official meeting with US President Donald Trump, amid a global push to diversify supply chains away from China.

The nation’s clean-energy infrastructure and open space gives Australia the opportunity to “value add” domestically, Albanese said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Insiders program Sunday.

There are also opportunities to build up “a reserve that makes sure that we can play a role in international markets as well, to stop manipulation, particularly by state enterprises,” he ...