Pressure on to set up meeting between Albanese and Trump during G7

As world leaders hole to stitchery for nan G7 successful Canada, officials still haven't confirmed whether nan much-anticipated face-to-face, pinch defence and waste and acquisition expected to apical nan agenda, will really return place.

A subject parade planned for this play and nan unrest successful Los Angeles are some threatening to limit nan president's schedule astatine nan G7.

But lawman Nationals leader Kevin Hogan won't return nary for an answer.

"It is simply a non-negotiable. Albanese conscionable has to simply meet nan president this week," he said today.

" ... There would person to beryllium a batch of questions asked if nan premier curate can't organise a beingness gathering to nan broadside of nan G7 gathering this week."

Australian officials are assured they will unafraid a face-to-face meeting.

Former Liberal legislator and ambassador to nan US Arthur Sinodinos said Albanese wouldn't beryllium wanting to "give excessively overmuch away" successful immoderate tariff negotiations.

That includes immoderate modification to biosecurity laws for nan importation of American beef into Australia.

Privately and publicly, America has floated greater entree to Australia's captious minerals arsenic a imaginable lure to trim tariffs connected our products.

There's besides unit for accrued defence spending but that's not apt a woody breaker.

"It's not astir chasing a peculiar number," Defence Minister Richard Marles told Sky News today. 

"It's astir chasing capability, making judge we person what we request to meet nan strategical infinitesimal and you assets that."

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