Trade Minister Don Farrell is playing the long game in efforts to end damaging trade bans for Australian exports. auspol
Wang Wentao was visibly surprised. Handed a bottle of wine by Don Farrell in Beijing on Friday, China’s Commerce Minister didn’t realise the drop had come from Farrell’s own vineyard in South Australia.
Farrell was determined to find a pathway to stabilise relations, ending bans on $20 billion worth of exports of Australian barley, seafood, cotton and metals. Escalating since 2018, they have badly hurt exporters reliant on China, including winemakers such as Farrell himself. China wants “fair” full market access for its products here. While Australia has pushed back firmly on calls for greater foreign investment access, Farrell agreed to quickly resolve biosecurity bottlenecks delaying electric vehicle imports.Australia China Business Council president David Olsson took part in talks at the Australian embassy. He told“While there was not a clear step back from the trade impediments, I thought the meeting was a success,” he said.
Asialink Business chief executive Leigh Howard said the trip continued positive momentum and paved the way for future ministerial visits. “They are an important relationship for us, and we are working co-operatively wherever we can – we’ll disagree where we must, but we are engaging in our national interests.”
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