Category: china-australia trade dispute

Australian Treasurer Meets Chinese Finance Minister Over Trade Disputes at G20 Summit

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has met with his Chinese counterpart, Chinese Finance Minister Liu Kun, during a G20 meeting in India as the country seeks to progress further in resolving trade disputes with Beijing. This was the first meeting between an Australian treasurer and a Chinese finance minister in four years following a diplomatic fallout,…


Save the Timber for Australia, Not Beijing

Commentary Dictatorships don’t make concessions unless they are forced to do so. They don’t make concessions as a unilateral goodwill gesture. Their concessions are only ever made out of self-interest. Therefore one can safely assume that the lifting of the ban on Australian timber exports to China, which was so spuriously imposed by the communist…


Beijing Backdown: CCP To Review Tariffs on Australian Goods

Beijing appears to be backing down from its aggressive stance on Australian goods after the Chinese regime offered to expedite a review of barley tariffs that are subject to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) action. Since 2020, Beijing has targeted Australia with an economic coercion campaign on beef, lamb, barley, seafood, wine, coal, timber, honey, and…


First Official Shipment of Australian Coal Arrives in China After 2 Years of Trade Bans

The first official shipment of Australian coal has landed in China as Beijing scrambles to “normalise” relations with the new Labor government. Around 72,000 tonnes of metallurgical coal arrived at Zhanjiang Port on Feb. 8 in the southeast of China, the first in two years after economic sanctions were placed on Australian exports in 2020….


CCP Will Lift Trade Ban on Australia as It Failed: Former Australian PM

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Beijing will lift its trade ban on Australia as it looks for a way out of the failure of its trade sanctions. The 29th Australian prime minister was speaking at an online forum on “Responses to China’s Economic Coercion” hosted by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation on Feb….


CCP Eager to Improve Trade Relations With Australia as Chinese Economy Sinks Into Crisis Mode

Australian Minister for Trade Don Farrell recently stated that Australia is committed to lifting its ban on AUD$20 billion (approx. $ 13.9 billion) worth of trade with China after the Chinese ambassador stated that China would lift the ban on coal imports from Australia. This comes as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempts to improve…


Australian Trade Minister Confident China Will Back Down on Trade Bans Amidst Thawing Relations

In a rare move, the Chinese Communist Party appears to be backing away from its hard-line attitude towards Australia with a bilateral video conference between trade ministers scheduled for next Wednesday. This will be the first meeting between the two countries’ trade officials in three years, with the Australian Labor government confident that China is…


Australia, China Leaders to Meet on the Sidelines of the G20

Leaders from Australia and China have agreed to meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, suggesting a thawing in diplomatic relations. This will be the first time in over two years that leaders have met after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took issue with the Australian Morrison government calling for an…


Beijing Must Acknowledge Its Mistakes: Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Beijing to admit it was a mistake to impose economic coercion on Australia and to remove trade barriers that have been place since 2020. The comments by Albanese come days after Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the…


Keep It Coming: Beijing’s Aggressive Rhetoric Pushing Australia Into America’s Arms

Commentary Chinese aggression is naturally scary. But many people don’t realize how the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggressive rhetoric and behavior can hurt China and help the United states. The best example of the Chinese version of this trend is Australia. The latest news is that Chinese media Global Times called Australia “cannon fodder” for…