China’s Attacks on Australian Goods Take Many Different Forms

After a year of steadily worsening relations between Beijing and Canberra, China has imposed a raft of trade measures blocking billions of dollars’ worth of Australian commodities.

The restrictions targeting shipments of beef, barley, coal, lobster, wine and timber have taken on many forms. Some measures are precise, such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on barley, allowing Australia to escalate the matter to the World Trade Organization. Others, ranging from verbal notices to bans on individual companies, are less clear-cut.

Source: Bloomberg #Dec18

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-17/china-s-attacks-on-australian-goods-take-many-different-forms

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Australia threatens to take China to WTO and backs Boris Johnson's stance on Uighur abuses

Australia’s trade minister threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization over its “unjustifiable” decision to increase duties on Australian wine imports for up to five years. China’s commerce ministry announced levies ranging from 116.2% to 218.4% would be slapped on Australian wine imports from Mar 30.

Australia also called for the WTO to investigate Chinese tariffs on barley imports, following a series of economic sanctions or disruptions to Australian products to China’s vast market.

Diplomatic relations between the two countries have reached their lowest since the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Source: The Guardian #Mar27

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/27/australia-threatens-to-take-china-to-wto-and-backs-boris-johnsons-stance-on-uighur-abuses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Australian PM calls for WTO reform as tensions with China mount
 
The World Trade Organization must have a binding dispute settlement system to address the growing use of "economic coercion", Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as Canberra moves to win the support of G7 nations in its dispute with China.

Relations with China, already rocky after Australia banned Huawei from its nascent 5G broadband networking in 2018, cooled further after Canberra called this year for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, first reported in central China last year.

China responded by imposing tariffs on Australian commodities, including wine and barley and limited imports of Australian beef, coal and grapes, moves described by the United States as "economic coercion".

Source: Reuters #Jun09

https://www.reuters.com/business/australian-pm-call-wto-reform-tensions-with-china-mount-2021-06-08/
 
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China Bans the Import of Taiwan Sugar Apple and Java Apple,
Taiwan Plans to Increase Export to Hong Kong and Other Places and Will Complain to WTO

China banned the import of Taiwan pineapple in March 2021. Chinese General Administration of Customs announced the suspension of importing sugar apples and java apples from September 20. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council counterattacked this evening, expressing dissatisfaction that China is unwilling to negotiate with Taiwan in accordance with the cross-strait agreement mechanism, damaging Taiwan’s agriculture and cross-strait relations. Taiwan Agricultural Committee indicated that they would send complaints to WTO and would increase the export to markets, such as Hong Kong.

The China Custom General Administration (GACC) Animal and Plant Quarantine indicated that quarantine pests, Planococcus minor, were found in Taiwan sugar apples and java apples several times this year. In order to prevent the risk of plant disease, GACC announced the suspension on importing Taiwan sugar apple and java apple from tomorrow.

Source: Stand News #Sep19

https://bit.ly/3mXJfGl

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This year marks the 20th year since #China was accepted into the World Trade Organization. With the acceptance came a set of commitments China promised they would fulfill.

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US accuses China of 'serious harm' to workers through trade

The US Trade Representative accused Beijing of repeatedly failing to live up to trade commitments.
It published its annual review of China's compliance with the deal that gave it membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday.

China said it is a firm supporter of and important contributor to the WTO.

The US report is the first since President Biden's appointee Katherine Tai took up office as the top US trade negotiator, and it lays out US concerns about China's trade policies.

Source: BBC #Feb16

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60408667

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#CCP warned #Britain after having trade talks with #Taiwan.

Given the history of how #CCPChina has used bribery to control over #WTO & #UN, will the free countries still want China, rather than Taiwan to join CPTPP?

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-discussion-taiwan-trade-cptpp-anger-china/

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