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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp and Daniel Hurst

Australian trade minister offers ‘compromise’ with China over anti-dumping tariffs

 a paddock of barley being harvested
Australia is pursuing trade disputes with the WTO over China’s anti-dumping tariffs on barley, wine, meat and crayfish. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Australia’s trade minister has extended an olive branch to China, suggesting a “compromise situation” or “alternative way” to settle trade disputes might emerge in talks between the two countries.

Don Farrell made the comments in an interview with Guardian Australia hailing “positive signs” in Australia’s relationship with China, including the foreign minister, Penny Wong, planning to meet her counterpart, and China’s consent to a trade dispute appeal process.

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