A push by the Australian government to effectively stabilise its relationship with China and secure an end to punishing trade sanctions on Australian products is in train.
A seasoned diplomat waits for Don Farrell on the edge of Beijing’s hip Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping precinct, ready to present Australia’s trade minister with a takeaway “ao bai”.
“Since February, we’ve made progress on a range of products that includes coal, cotton, and other products, and of course, we’re making progress in terms of the issue of barley. Farrell notes his visit coincides with the 50th anniversary of a previous Labor trade minister, Jim Cairns, coming to China as iron ore sales got under way.
Later instructions were distributed to stop the purchase of Australian wine, cotton, copper and seafood, hurting the producers behind exports otherwise destined for China.While the former Coalition government maintained a hardline stance against China, Labor under Albanese started to push for a reset of relations after the federal election last year.China-Australia Chamber of Commerce chairman Vaughn Barber said that Australian businesses were getting back to some kind of normality.
“It’s a real change in the air,” she said. “There’s now that feeling of excitement, of wanting to do something. We see that willingness and excitement, and it’s great,” she said.
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