Visit to the United States

  • Media release

I will visit Washington DC from 24 to 26 September to discuss Australia's security and strategic priorities with the United States.

Following meetings with US Cabinet members at UNGA Leaders Week in New York last week, I will meet with senior US Administration officials to discuss our ongoing cooperation on regional and global challenges, including North Korea, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, defeating ISIS, and Australia-US cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. I will also meet with representatives of the US intelligence community and members of Congress.

These meetings will take forward the significant security and foreign policy agenda discussed at AUSMIN earlier this year.

The United States has no closer ally than Australia. The Australia-US Alliance remains the cornerstone of our strategic and foreign policy relationship.

The United States is one of Australia's largest trading partners. Under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement, two-way trade has grown from $42 billion to $64 billion, and two-way investment has more than doubled since 2005, to $1.48 trillion.

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