SYDNEY: Australia's trade minister is seeking urgent talks with his Chinese counterpart after key agriculture exports were hit with suspensions ...
SYDNEY: Australia's trade minister is seeking urgent talks with his Chinese counterpart after key agriculture exports were hit with suspensions and tariff threats, but said Australia will continue to push for an inquiry into the COVID-19 outbreak.
Chinese officials had said"privately and publicly these are unconnected matters", Birmingham told television network Seven on Wednesday, adding that Australia sought a respectful relationship with China.Birmingham has said the beef ban was linked to issues with labelling and health certificates, while the barley tariffs were related to an anti-dumping case.
Citing the push for a COVID-19 inquiry and Australia's decision to ban Chinese firm Huawei from its 5G network, the Global Times said"concern over potential retaliatory measures from China seems totally justified given Australia's heavy economic reliance on China".Last month, Chinese ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye warned that Chinese consumers could boycott Australian products if Australia pursued the coronavirus inquiry.
"Australia certainly holds our own, we adopt our policy positions consistent with our values and we don't entertain economic coercion in any sense in terms of changing our policy positions," Birmingham said.
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