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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia’s trade minister hopeful China bans will end but warns against putting ‘all our eggs in one basket’

Australia’s trade minister Don Farrell
Don Farrell says while he wants all Australian products to return to the Chinese market ‘quickly’, he sees a need to avoid overreliance on one market. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Australian trade minister says he wants a quick return to normal trade with China but has warned exporters not to put “all of our eggs in one basket”.

In an interview with Guardian Australia, Don Farrell was bullish about the prospect of Australia succeeding in its international challenge against Beijing’s tariffs on Australian barley, saying he thought “we would ultimately win that”.

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