Australia keen to make progress on Chinese export hurdles for beef, lobsters

Published 2024년 3월 29일

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Australia is making concerted efforts to dismantle trade barriers with China, particularly focusing on the live lobster and beef sectors, in a bid to mend the frayed ties that worsened in 2020 after Australia's call for a COVID-19 origin investigation. This move follows China's decision to remove tariffs on Australian wine, hinting at a warming relationship. Although disputes over barley, coal, and wine have seen resolutions, challenges persist with bans on Australian live lobster and beef from eight suppliers. Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres highlighted the continuous work at various levels to address these remaining trade issues.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is focused on removing impediments to exports to China for live lobsters and beef from some suppliers, a government official said, one day after Beijing said it would lift tariffs on Australian wine. Australia and China, its largest trading partner, are rebuilding ties after a period of strained relations which hit a low in 2020 after Canberra called for an independent investigation into the origin of COVID-19. Trade spats over barley, coal and now wine have been resolved but a Chinese ban on exports of Australian live lobsters is still in place as is a ban on shipments from eight meat export establishments. "There is progress still to made in relation to beef, progress still to be made in relation to some categories of ...

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