Business Travel to China Lifts Off Amid Tariff Talks

An employee works as Australian-made wine (on display shelves on right) at a store in Beijing on Aug. 18, 2020, the same day that the Chinese regime ramped up tensions with Australia after it launched a probe into wine imports from the country, the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter row after the Australian government called for an probe into the origins of COVID-19. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

Australian businesses are increasingly travelling to China as hopes strengthen of an end to punitive trade sanctions.

Corporate travel bookings at Flight Centre grew 48 percent between the June and September quarters as China continues to open up from COVID-19 border restrictions and rebuild airline capacity.