A long way from Cornwall: Europe now gets China issue
Two years since the last G7 meeting, and one Beijing-indulged Russian war in Ukraine later, Europe’s leaders have come a long way to understanding China is not only Australia’s headache.
Two years since the last G7 meeting, and one Beijing-indulged Russian war in Ukraine later, Europe’s leaders have come a long way to understanding China is not only Australia’s headache.
Anthony Albanese has defended the G7 as an important ‘gathering of democracies’, dismissing Chinese criticism that the summit was ‘pseudo-multilateralism’ and ‘political sewage’.
Anthony Albanese has flown to Hiroshima for a ‘vital meeting’ of the G7 where leaders will discuss Chinese economic coercion and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing ramps up support for made-in-China ‘Australian lobster’ – yabbies grown in Chinese fish ponds – in a brazen campaign launched after Don Farrell failed to get relief for exporters.
The Attorney-General’s department has advised the Albanese government to consider a ‘tiered system’ system to focus on ‘opaque’ links to high-risk governments such as China.
The owner of a Chinese fishing fleet sanctioned by the US for human rights abuses is the ‘permanent honorary chairman’ of an influential China-Australia organisation.
The truth is we don’t know when — or even if — China will remove tariffs and imposts on Australian imports.
In a retaliatory move, China says it is expelling Canada’s consul in Shanghai.
Australian soccer officials hope the match would help improve diplomatic and business relations with Beijing, and also mark an important moment for the sport.
The Albanese government has called on Washington to end its ‘blocking stance’ in the World Trade Organisation’s dispute settlement body.
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