Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says a meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump would be "in the interest” of Australia.

Greek Australian politician Nick Adams, now a US citizen, has been nominated by Trump to be the next US ambassador to Malaysia.

The European Union braced on Friday to receive a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, outlining planned duties on his largest trade and investment partner after a broadening of his tariff war in recent days.

Australia’s total beef exports to the US rose significantly in June in the face of President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, which saw the American leader specifically single out Canberra for refusing to accept adequate red meat imports.

The prime minister will hold annual leaders' talks with China's Premier Li Qiang, as well as meeting China's President Xi Jinping on a six-day trip that takes in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

Donald Trump has threatened extraordinary new taxes on one of Australia's biggest exports to the US.The US president said he was looking to announce 200 per cent tariffs on all imported pharmaceuticals.

Australia is distancing itself from the United States in Southeast Asia amid a flurry of tariffs and aid cuts, pledging "we are here for the long haul".

Just because Australia is not getting a letter from Donald Trump does not mean the country is getting a “fair tariff”, the opposition says.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met counterparts in Southeast Asia on Thursday during his first visit to Asia since taking office, seeking to reassure them the region is a U.S. priority despite President Donald Trump's tariff offensive.