SYDNEY - Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company to Australian ownership, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Jan 28 after Beijing’s envoy to Canberra warned of trade reprisals.

The Northern Territory government sold Darwin Port to Chinese company Landbridge for A$506 million (S$446.4 million) in 2015, a move criticised by the United States.