Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s triumph with President Donald Trump this week unexpectedly thrust Australia into a position of power in the United States’ fight against China, but does it move us higher up the world’s food chain ?

Speaking to host Samantha Selinger-Morris on The Morning Edition podcast , our political and international editor Peter Hartcher delves into the potent moment where China “punched the US right in the nose” and denied Trump the ability to operate a modern economy, the political turmoil in China stopping it from realising superpower supremacy, and where Australia fits into it all .

Click the player below to listen to the full episode , or read on for an edited extract of the conversation.

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