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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

China lifts ban on Australian timber imports in another sign of improving bilateral relations

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China opened its doors on Thursday to Australian timber imports for the first time in more than two years, in another sign that the tattered bilateral relationship is being repaired.

Timber was on a list of Australian exports subjected to official and unofficial Chinese trade barriers imposed in 2020 after Australia called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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