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China lifts steep Australian wine tariffs as relations improve

Australian wine accounted for 0.14 percent of Chinese wine imports In the first half of 2023, compared with 27.5 percent in 2020 before the duties were imposed [File: Jason Reed/Reuters]

China says it will lift steep tariffs on Australian wine imposed more than three years ago in the latest sign of improving relations between the two countries.

The anti-subsidy and anti-dumping levies were first imposed in 2020 along with a host of other trade barriers during a diplomatic feud over Australia’s support for a global inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. China had been Australia’s top wine export market, and Australian wine producers took a heavy hit from the duties, which were above 200 percent.

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