# Stuck between superpowers: How Australia navigates the China-US rivalry

https://mins.news/en/item/77652

- BBC News, 2026-09-28 18:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c61wxyzr4rwyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Australia is responding to China’s growing military capabilities and influence in the Pacific by deepening security ties with the United States and expanding defence cooperation with the US and Japan through the Southern Jackaroo exercise. But China is also Australia’s biggest trading partner, leaving the country caught between competing powers.

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