Australia will push forward with the next phase of its ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute with China over punitive tariffs imposed on its wine exports to the country. Trade Minister Dan Tehan said Australia would ask the WTO to establish a dispute settlement panel to adjudicate the anti-dumping duties that were slapped on wine exports as part of an ongoing year-long economic coercion campaign instigated by Beijing. “Australia supports the rules-based trading system and this is the next stage of the WTO dispute resolution process following consultation between Australia and China,” Tehan said in the announcement on Sept. 16 evening. “Australia remains ready to resolve this matter directly through discussions with China,” he said. “We will continue to stand up for the rights of Australian exporters.” On June 19, the federal government decided to go ahead with the action at the WTO against Beijing’s tariffs, varying between 107.1 to 212.1 percent, across …