SYDNEY — Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet China's President Xi Jinping in Brazil on Monday (Nov 18), as Beijing seeks to promote Australia as a model for trading with China in a Trump era, even as Canberra draws closer defence ties with Washington.

The meeting with Xi, which Australian officials said would take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, comes a year after Albanese travelled to Beijing to end a years-long diplomatic dispute that saw billions of dollars worth of Australian exports to its largest trading partner blocked.

The pledge by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump to impose hefty tariffs on China appears in contrast to Australia's policy of stabilising ties and exporting iron ore, gas and agricultural produce to China's complementary economy, analysts said.

Albanese said on Sunday he would not get involved in bilateral relations between Beijing and Washington, when asked by reporters about Trump's pledge of China tariffs.

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