Biden Official Urges Australia to Press Trump to Revive Quad

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese must use his upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump to make the case to revive the Quad security group, former US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said.

This will be the “most consequential meeting of an American and an Australian in living memory,” Campbell said Wednesday during a fireside chat at a United States Studies Centre event in Sydney. While the typical approach to such leaders’ talks might be to focus on narrow economic and bilateral issues, Campbell urged Albanese to broaden the discussions.

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