could have significant impact
could have significant impact for the Pacific. Even more so with the uncertainty of what the U.S. will do under the Trump 2.0 administration. With the election called, Australia’s media will be dominated by the ‘horse race’ between the two major parties: the Labor Party, currently in government led by Anthony Albanese and the Liberal/National Party (LNP) opposition led by Peter Dutton. There is a widespread belief their largely bipartisan agreement regarding the Pacific will continue, driven by a shared commitment to containing and constraining Chinese influence in the near neighbourhood. This as China remains by far Australia’s largest trading partner. Labor has made much of its engagement with the Pacific, including that foreign minister Penny Wong visited every member country of the Pacific Islands Forum in the year after the 2022 สล็อต เว็บตรง