‘Drink a Bottle or Two’: Global MPs Back Australian Wine in the Face of Beijing ‘Bullying’ and Tariffs

Bottles of Australian wine are displayed at a supermarket in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on November 27, 2020. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images

A global alliance representing 200 parliamentarians from around the world, has launched a campaign in support of Australian wines and in opposition to Beijing’s increased “bullying” via bans on trade.

Launched on Twitter on Tuesday, the short video featured members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) calling on citizens in their respective nations to put aside their national beverages during December, and instead buying Australian wine.