CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is on the kind of diplomatic tear that Canada can only dream of.
Brisbane got lots of global attention by hosting the G20 leaders’ summit last weekend because so many participants queued up behind Canada’s Stephen Harper to disparage Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Kremlin’s malignant actions in Ukraine.
Less than 24 hours later in the Australian capital, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott signed China’s biggest trade deal ever. Abbott followed that triumph by announcing a strategic security alliance with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and perhaps rashly promised that a trade …read more
Source: canada.com
