As business waits for a breakthrough, Foreign Minister Penny Wong also wants economic dialogue re-established with China as well as annual leaders’ meetings.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday for about 100 minutes, in the first visit by an Australian minister to China in more than three years.
“Ultimately, we believe it is possible to grow our bilateral relationship, safeguard our national interest if we manage our differences wisely.” These are annual leaders’ talks and the Strategic Economic Dialogue, which brings together the treasurer and trade minister with their Chinese opposites. China suspended these as the bilateral relationship soured.Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing,AAP
“Whenever it does come back there will be a strong rush back, but there will be longer-term thinkers who want to maintain a percentage of their turnover in new markets in case this happens again,” he said.Western Australia lobster industry sources said their customers in China were still unable to get import licences, but acknowledged that could change very quickly.
Mr Olsson said he expected any moves to end the restrictions on Australian exports would be handled bureaucratically. Most of the goods targeted by China have been affected ostensibly by quality control and environmental checks, and never formally banned. Those impediments could easily be removed.
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