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Key lessons from China’s weaponisation of trade against Australia

China has dropped most of the sanctions imposed in 2020 with little to show for them.

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Australian wine for sale at a store in Beijing. One of the hardest-hit sectors has been Australia’s winemakers

One of the hardest-hit sectors has been Australia’s winemakers, who had spent years cultivating Chinese consumers.

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In May 2020, barley farmers in Australia learnt the unfortunate news that their biggest overseas buyer, China, was about

to impose tariffs

that would effectively end the barley trade between the two countries.

And that was just the beginning.

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