CANBERRA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is en route to Australia for the first official visit of a representative of President Donald Trump's administration.
He is expected to arrive in Sdyney on Friday evening.
Pence's visit comes at the end of an extensive tour of Asia where regional security concerns and trade have been top of the agenda.
James Carouso, the acting U.S. ambassador to Australia, said the visit underlined the importance of the Australian-U.S. alliance.
"His purpose is basically to meet with our allies and close partners in the region as part of the new administration reaching out and getting the benefit of the views and insight of our partners about the region," Carouso told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Friday.
He said that discussions on trade barriers between Australia and the United States would be an important aspect of the visit.
"They are pretty few and specific. Australia has certain restrictions on things like pork, the U.S. has other restrictions on certain agricultural imports from Australia," Carouso said
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