China on Thursday announced the lifting of punitive tariffs on Australian wine, in a sign that the precarious bilateral relationship could be improving despite setbacks.- Wine tariffs lifted -
China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it was lifting punitive tariffs on imports of Australian wine, a move that Canberra's top politicians said would "benefit both Australian producers and Chinese consumers".
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he had invited China's Premier Li Qiang to visit, as a long-stormy relationship improves.We spoke (about) Premier Li coming to Australia next year now that the latest meetings have been resumed," Albanese told reporters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that he would set the date for a China visit at an "appropriate time" as he stressed the importance of bilateral trade and expressed concerns about an Australian journalist detained in Beijing. Talks are under way about a visit by Albanese to China as Australia's centre-left Labor government pushes to end unofficial Chinese bans and tariffs placed on some Australian products in 2020 during a lowpoint in diplomatic relations.
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