The "signs are positive" for China to drop its $20 billion worth of trade sanctions against Australia, although a breakthrough is yet to occur, Trade Minister Don Farrell says.
Senator Farrell said on Thursday he would be happy to visit China for talks with his counterpart Wang Wentao to try to resolve the trade issues through discussion rather than arbitration.
"I've made it very clear that we're happy to meet at any time, at any place, and we'll just see what the response by the Chinese government is to that," he told ABC radio.
