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China’s trade coercion tactics on ice as wine tariffs removed
With their end, Australia is being lauded as an example in other sanction-hit countries like Japan, Korea and Taiwan of how to stand up to Beijing’s bullying.
Michael SmithHealth editorTokyo | China’s move to abolish tariffs on Australian wine marks an end to Xi Jinping’s failed three-year effort to intimidate one of his major trading partners through economic coercion.
Restrictions still apply to lobster and Australian abattoirs, which the beef industry is not happy with, but wine has always been the most high-profile out of the $20 billion worth of goods targeted by Beijing.
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