SYDNEY (Reuters) -The trade ministers of Australia and China will hold a virtual meeting next week, Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, told broadcaster ABC in an interview on Tuesday.
The meeting between China’s Wang Wentao and Farrell would be the first between the commerce and trade ministers of both nations in three years.
Relations between the two countries are improving after years of strained ties.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the G20 summit last November. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said it was a “step-by-step process”, and Canberra has urged Beijing to lift sanctions on a raft of Australian exports.
Canberra has two complaints at the World Trade Organisation against China’s tariffs on Australian wine and barley, and is watching to see whether Beijing lifts unofficial trade blockages on other Australian exports, including…
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