Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that it’s “not okay” that Beijing is putting up the price of Australian wine in “retaliation” for Australians “standing up for our values.” The move is the latest example of what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week labelled Beijing’s “blatant economic coercion” of Australia. Morrison told reporters on Saturday that Australia “completely reject(s)” what he called “non-tariff restrictions.” He said Beijing has placed them on Australian products, “by their own admission, publicly, as some form of retaliation for Australians standing up for our values.” “That’s not okay,” he said. This comes after China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that new measures would kick in from Sunday and be in effect for five years, in a statement released on Friday. Some importers will need to pay tax to China’s customs authority, in a move that Beijing claims is an anti-dumping measure. The news led …
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