U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a tour and plant opening with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a Pratt Industries facility in Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S. September 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
(Reuters) - Global trade rules are "no longer fit for purpose" and must be changed to accommodate China's new status as a developed economy, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a major foreign policy speech in the United States.
The global community had engaged with China to help it grow but now must demand the world's second-largest economy bring more transparency to its trade relationships and take a greater share of the responsibility for addressing climate change, Morrison said.
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