Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has had a "warm and constructive" phone call on trade and security with US President Donald Trump.

Mr Albanese revealed the call - the fourth between the pair - in a social media post just before midnight on Thursday.

"We discussed our trade and economic relationship as well as areas for growth including critical minerals," he said in the post on X.

"We also discussed shared US-Australia security interests."

But there was no word on when the two leaders will hold their first face-to-face meeting, which Australia has been pursuing since Mr Trump's elevation to the presidency in November.

The two were expected to have talks in June on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Canada but the meeting was cancelled after Mr Trump returned to the US early to deal with

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