No Quick Fix to Remaining Tariffs Ahead of China Visit

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

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt is not holding out for further tariffs imposed by China to be dropped on Australian products immediately following the prime minister’s visit to Beijing.

Anthony Albanese will fly to China on Nov. 4 to hold talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the first visit to the Asian nation by a sitting prime minister since 2016.