Australia Remains Hopeful More Tariffs on Exports to China Will be Lifted

Workers load containers on a cargo ship at Port Botany in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 2, 2020. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Australia is optimistic that the Chinese communist regime will withdraw punitive tariffs on more Australian commodities following a recent lift on the barley trade sanction.

On Aug. 4, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a surprise move by removing the 80.5 percent tariff imposed on Australian barley since 2020, citing changes to its “market situation.”