Australia and Japan Join Forces to Hold Beijing Accountable for Its Economic Bullying

Australia and Japan Join Forces to Hold Beijing Accountable for Its Economic Bullying
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) is greeted by Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) prior to an official welcoming ceremony at Suga's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2020. Eugene Hoshiko / POOL / AFP
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Australia and Japan will join forces to oppose China’s economic bullying, as both countries continue to lose patience with Beijing’s aggressive international behavior.

In a statement following a joint virtual meeting on June 9, Australia and Japan’s foreign ministers, Marise Payne and Motegi Toshimitsu, and defense ministers, Peter Dutton and Kishi Nobuo, announced that both countries “would commit to opposing coercion and destabilizing behavior by economic means, which undermines the rules-based international system.”
Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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