SYDNEY, May 13 ― 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 coronavirus outbreak. Trade minister Simon Birmingham...
, said in editorial today the suspensions of the meat processors should serve as a “wake-up call” for Australia for its unfriendly actions.
Last month, Chinese ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye warned that Chinese consumers could boycott Australian products if Australia pursued the coronavirus inquiry. Australian government ministers described his comments as a threat of economic coercion from the country that took around 38 per cent of all exports in 2019.
“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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