There's an alternative way forward for China and Australia
An architect of the free trade deal says the economic relationship is too important for both sides not to work harder at repairing political ties. This requires understanding of the values underpinning the two societies.
Australia was the first Western country to break through the metaphorical Great Wall of China in terms of free trade, creating a trading environment no Western G20 economy has ever enjoyed. Yes, in breaking through we have got a little bloodied, but our efforts were not in vain, and they must not be in vain.
For many of the persistent naysayers, the only way forward with China is conflict. Yet, there is an alternate way forward.
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Andrew Robb was Australia’s minister for trade and investment 2013–16.
