Australia vows not to give in to Chinese pressure
PM to call for WTO reform as tension with China rises in wake of Beijing’s imposition of tariffs totalling more than 80%
08 June 2021 - 17:12
Canberra — The World Trade Organization (WTO) must have a binding dispute settlement system to address the growing use of economic coercion, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Wednesday, as Canberra moves to win the support of G7 nations in its dispute with China.
Relations with China, already rocky after Australia banned Huawei from its nascent 5G broadband networking in 2018, cooled further after Canberra called this year for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, first reported in central China last year...
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