Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The first point I'd make is that Australia and the United States have a very strong economic relationship, a very strong trade relationship and a very strong investment relationship, underscored by the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement. I would make the point that the United States has had an unbroken trade surplus with Australia since 1952, and I would say to you, Senator, that we are working very closely with the Trump administration to realise the benefits of our strong economic partnership. You would have seen the engagement from my first visit, where I had the honour of being the first foreign minister from Australia to attend a US presidential inauguration. You would have seen that I had the privilege of engaging with Secretary Rubio—