China removes tariffs on Australian wine as relations improve - BBC News

It comes as relations have improved since a new Canberra government was elected in 2022.

5 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) in Canberra last weekBy Frances Maoin SingaporeChina has announced it will remove significant tariffs on Australian wine in another key sign of improving relations between the two countries.

Beijing imposed taxes of more than 200% in 2020 amid a string of economic blows to Australian exports.

That year Beijing targeted Australian coal, barley, timber and lobsters as part of a wider political falling-out.

But China-Australia relations have improved since a new Canberra government was elected in 2022.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed the announcement from the Chinese commerce ministry on Thursday, saying his government had also managed to reduce other trade barriers.

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