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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

China-Australia trade ministers hold 1st meeting since 2019

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Australian and Chinese trade ministers held their first bilateral meeting in three years Monday as Australia urges China to lift official and unofficial barriers that are costing exporters 20 billion Australian dollars ($14 billion) a year.

China has thawed its diplomatic freeze on Australia since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor Party was elected in May for the first time in nine years.

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