Australian PM Calls on Beijing to Remove Trade Sanctions

Australian PM Calls on Beijing to Remove Trade Sanctions
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden attend the Quad Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo, Japan, on May 24, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images
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New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued Australia’s tough stance towards Beijing’s economic coercion on local exporters, telling the Chinese regime that it should remove tariffs on export products if it wished to see diplomatic ties restored.

This comes after Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the new prime minister, breaking a two-year hiatus on high-level diplomatic communication with Australian leaders.

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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