Trade Minister Don Farrell is confident of meeting with his Chinese counterpart soon, as Australia seeks an expanded trade deal with India this year.
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for airing a documentary that criticised the Indian leader over riots that killed Muslims when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. Albanese announced a new Centre for Australia-India Relations on Friday, with Tim Thomas as chief executive, and said he wanted a full Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement finalised this year.Wang Wentao on February 6 and was invited to fly to Beijing “in the near future” for more talks.The trade minister said the growth in Indian trade did not mean replacing China given the scale of Chinese trade.
“I’m planning to go to China, and try and open the door to those other Australian products that have been subjected to difficulties.”coal, barley, wine, lobsters and other products, but Farrell said shipments were resuming even though China had not formally announced any change.
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