The news agency said Canberra expects Beijing to lift tariffs on barley within weeks. Bloomberg He cites Don Farrell, Secretary of Commerce.
“I intend to fight hard against all these barriers to trade in order to eliminate them as soon as possible. We are making progress, but the work is not done yet,” Farrell said.
The barley tariffs were introduced on the initiative of Australia after relations between the countries cooled significantly – in 2020 Canberra demanded an international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, accusing the Chinese authorities of spreading the virus.
After that, Beijing levied an 80% tax on Australian barley, 107-212 on wine from Australia, and also banned Australian beef supplies in 2021 and cut coal supplies by 85%.
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