Beijing Told to Stop Economic Coercion Before Bilateral Ties With Australia Can Resume

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Quad Leaders’ summit in Tokyo, Japan, on May 24, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images

New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Beijing to drop its coercive trade restrictions before considering a reset of bilateral ties.

“It is China that has imposed sanctions on Australia,” Albanese told reporters on June 13. “They need to remove those sanctions in order to improve relations between Australia and China.”