China and Australia will keep open dialogue and look for areas of cooperation despite strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday after meeting China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying to deepen ties with China, his country’s biggest trading partner, while being under pressure from the United States.

Australia is close to finalizing a deal with China to resume canola exports after a four-year suspension, according to sources familiar with the matter. The agreement could allow five trial shipments of Australian canola,