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Victoriaâs secret agreement with China faces federal government scrutiny
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The Commonwealth will probe a third deal between the Andrews government and China to advance public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects, signed separately to Victoriaâs controversial Belt and Road deal.
The state government has been forced to hand over details of the memorandum of understanding â which has been kept secret â that Premier Daniel Andrews signed in 2017.
Premier Daniel Andrews in Tiananmen Square in 2015.
The document came to light after the Morrison government compelled the state to hand over documents under its new foreign veto laws.
Victoriaâs trade deficit with China has grown since Belt and Road deal
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International trade figures show Victoriaâs trade deficit with China has worsened since the signing of a controversial deal with Beijing and ballooned further since COVID-19 border closures and lockdown ravaged the stateâs service economy.
The figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics also reveal that since Victoria signed its Belt and Road agreement with China in October 2018, the state has imported a cumulative $42 billion more from the Asian superpower than it has exported.