The announcement of the trip to Beijing and Shanghai, the first by an Australian leader since 2016, came after a breakthrough in resolving a dispute with China over its wine tariffs that have battered the industry.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he will travel to China from Nov. 4 to 7 to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations with the country’s biggest trading partner.

The announcement of the trip to Beijing and Shanghai, the first by an Australian leader to China since 2016, came after a breakthrough on Saturday in resolving a dispute with China over its wine tariffs that have battered the industry.

China’s Commerce Ministry said on Sunday the two sides had reached a consensus to settle the WTO wine dispute as well as a dispute over Australian duties on Chinese wind towers.

  • @[email protected]English
    7•11 months ago

    What are we giving up in order to get these concessions from China? They aren’t going to give up the penalties they imposed with no reason. Deeply concerning.