Australia urges China to remove all trade restrictions after barley tariffs were lifted
" its World Trade Organization complaint against China for its 2020 decision to impose 80.5% duties on Australian barley trade that was once worth about 1.5 billion Australian dollars .Chinese Commerce Ministry announced it was dropping all anti-dumping
and countervailing duties on Australian barley starting Saturday — more than three years after they were imposed. The ministry cited "changes in the Chinese market" but did not further explain. Bottles of wine imported from Australia are displayed for sale at a supermarket in Nantong Free Trade Zone on November 27, 2020 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China.On Monday, Farrell said a "range of factors" were at play, with Chinese beer consumers and barley importers "very strongly in favor" of reintroducing Australian barley.
The move underscored thawing tensions between Australia and China, following the first meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Bali in November. Since then, Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong and trade minister Farrell have made multiple visits to Beijing and have had direct meetings with their direct counterparts.
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