In One Australian State, Trade With China Is Still Booming
Australia’s minerals trade has been divided almost clean in half by the country’s trade spat with China.
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March 03, 2021
In this July 24, 2019, file photo, workers watch as a truck passes by stacks of shipping containers at a port in Yingkou in northeastern China’s Liaoning province.
Credit: AP Photo/Olivia Zhang
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Ships carrying Australian coal stranded off the coast of China have become an apt symbol of the recent deterioration in relations between the two countries. The spat, which began when Australia called for an independent investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in an unofficial embargo on Australian coal, tariffs of 200 percent on Australian wine, and trade in barley grinding to a near-halt.