China expects ag anti-dumping cases played by Beijing's rules

Published 2020년 9월 9일

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The article highlights the ongoing trade tensions between Australia and China, with a particular focus on the agricultural export industries. It discusses the loss of the Australian grain industry's argument against China's claims of dumping and the resulting 80% import penalties on Australian malt barley. Chinese law specialist Dr Weihuan Zhou suggests that Australian agribusinesses need to present their cases more effectively to Beijing, advising that insufficient legal representation may have contributed to the grain industry's failure. The article also touches on China's deliberate technical disruptions to agricultural trade, which are perceived as political messages to the Australian government. Additionally, it discusses China's investigation into anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on Australian wine, attributed to a significant increase in Australian wine imports, which has led to concerns about the future of Australia's agricultural exports to China. Rabobank forecasts a decline in Australia's food and agribusiness sales to China due to factors like seasonal fluctuations, trade competition, and political issues. The article underscores the importance of diversifying overseas sales relationships to mitigate the potential impact of these trade tensions.

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As tensions with politically touchy China seem to grow more tense by the week, Australia's agricultural export industries are being urged to think more carefully about playing their trade cards by Beijing's rules. In particular our defence of the anti-dumping case against Australia's $1.1 billion export wine trade to mainland China should take a much more pragmatic and legal approach, according to Chinese law specialist Dr Weihuan Zhou at the University of NSW. He believed one reason the grain industry lost its seemingly unequivocal argument against China's claim Australian exporters had dumped barley at discounted prices was that agribusiness exporters did not engage enough international legal firepower to present their case to Beijing in a way China would expect to deal with the dispute. He understood no exporter involved in that case engaged the sort of international legal representation which would have suggested to Chinese authorities that dumping issues were being taken as ...

Source: Farm Online National