Australia- China trade back on track (?)

 

There’s a price: reducing our regional security. And “not interfering in China’s internal affairs”, which, Taiwan aside, presumably means easing back from calls for an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid. A lab-leak to hide, anyone? (The highlighted bit above)

Australia needs to understand: China doesn’t buy Aussie iron ore, our coal, our lobsters to do us a favour. They buy because they need them. Steel makers suffered without Oz iron ore and coking coal and lobbied Beijing to ease their bans. Let’s not think they’re being nice to us. It’s all for their interest.