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Corona isn’t SARS. That’s good and bad for Australia

The global economy is in a much different place to 2002-03, when the SARS outbreak hit. But China's importance to the Australian economy is very different, too.

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There’s little agreement about the potential impacts of the coronavirus on global markets, but one thing many commentators agree on is that comparisons with the SARS outbreak of 2002-03 are fraught.

The argument goes that world, and the global economy, was in a very different place then.

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James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.com
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