In a rare move, the Chinese Communist Party appears to be backing away from its hard-line attitude towards Australia with a bilateral video conference between trade ministers scheduled for next Wednesday.
This will be the first meeting between the two countries’ trade officials in three years, with the Australian Labor government confident that China is moving toward removing its trade sanctions on a range of Australian goods.
“We want these trade impediments removed, and next week I have organised to speak with my Chinese counterpart [Wang Wenbin] virtually to start the ball rolling,” Trade Minister Don Farrell told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)….