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China’s Petty Trade Sanctions Waste Goodwill in Australia

China’s Petty Trade Sanctions Waste Goodwill in Australia
Bottles of Australian wine are displayed at a supermarket in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Nov. 27, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Commentary
Australia’s Treasurer is doing something unconventional for treasurers and finance ministers of countries that have extensive trade with China. He’s warning his business community about increased dependence on the authoritarian country, and encouraging them to trade elsewhere due to the likelihood of increased future tensions.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
Author
Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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