2020 05

The US is central to this China trade quarrel

I have an op-ed in The Canberra Times on why Australia-China trade tensions are as much about our trade and industry policy as they are about our foreign policy.

posted on 25 May 2020 by skirchner in Free Trade & Protectionism

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Birmingham on thin ice challenging China to take Australia to the WTO

I have an op-ed in the AFR arguing our barley producers are just as much casualties of Australian industry and trade policy as they are of Chinese foreign policy. As one trade lawyer put it to me, China will wait for Australia to launch a WTO case, then retaliate with WTO complaints against our duties on Chinese imports and negotiate the cases jointly at the WTO.

posted on 15 May 2020 by skirchner in Free Trade & Protectionism

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