Officials move towards virtual chat as Don Farrell pursues removal of hefty tariffs on Australian produce
China is likely to push for Australia to drop or suspend its World Trade Organization challenges against Beijing’s prohibitive tariffs on wine and barley, but Canberra is not believed to be ready to do that.between China and Australia in 2020, Beijing blocked phone calls and meetings between Australian government ministers and their direct counterparts in the wake of the Morrison government’s early push for a Covid origins inquiry.
Former Coalition trade ministers Simon Birmingham and Dan Tehan were rebuffed in their attempts to hold direct talks with China’s commerce minister. Chinese officials“to arrest the decline of the bilateral relationship” and create a better mood for talks.
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