The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met with President Trump on Friday in Washington. The White House visit was a friendlier affair than the one before cameras just a year ago. CGTN's Roee Ruttenberg reports.  

Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull have a lot in common. Both are multi-millionaires turned conservative politicians who strongly promote pro-business policies domestically and abroad. But while the Australian prime minister is a vocal proponent of the multinational Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, the U.S. president pulled out of TPP negotiations during his first month in office.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "TPP was a very bad deal for the United States. It would have caused us tremendous amounts of jobs. It would have been bad. But there's a possibility we would go in, but they would be offering us a much better deal."

Australia and 10 other countries are expected to sign a revised version of TPP next month. The White House meeting on Friday came as the two countries mark 100 years of what both leaders called their "mateship." Last year, relations between the two leaders - at times - seemed less than friendly. Eight days into office, Trump spoke by phone with Turnbull reportedly berating the Australian leader for some of his policies, before cutting short a, quote -- "most unpleasant call." Then, in July, Turnbull mocked Trump at a national press gala.

On the world stage, the two leaders have managed to find common ground: a tough approach towards Pyongyang. But appear to disagree on how best to deal with an emerging China.

MALCOLM TURNBULL AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER "There are people that want to try to paint the United States and its allies like Australia as being against China in some sort of rerun of the Cold War. That is not appropriate. It's not accurate."

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "China is tough. They're getting stronger, they're getting stronger to a large extent with a lot of the money they've made from having poor leadership in the United States. I believe in reciprocal trade. If they do something to us, we do something to them."

And then there's the military aspect. Earlier this month, Trump nominated a China hawk - the commander of US forces in the Pacific - to be Washington's new ambassador to Canberra a move seen, in part, as a message to Beijing.

ROEE RUTTENBERG WASHINGTON "Still Trump lauded his personal friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and said relations between the U.S. and China are better than ever. Turnbull's relationship with China - Australia's biggest trading partner - is a bit rockier. In December, the prime minister said his government would introduce new measures to prevent alleged Chinese interference in Australian politics. Beijing rejected the accusation and lodged an official complaint."