Australia is disappointed by Chinas extended barley tariff review

Australia on Wednesday (July 12) said that it was disappointed with the addition of China's request for another month to complete the review of barley tariffs and warned that if China further delay, Australia will re -re -ETO to the World Trade Organization (WTO (WTO) Proposal.

According to Reuters, Australia agreed on April 11 this year to suspend the complaints that China ’s anti -dumping and anti -subsidy taxes on barley on the WTO.Earlier, the Chinese government said it would speed up the review of tariffs.

The consensus between the two sides at the time was that China will complete the review within three months. If necessary, it will conduct fourth review.

A spokesperson for Australian Foreign Minister Huang Yingxian and Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said in a statement, "China now requires a month of extension, we have agreed."

"Although we were disappointed with the review within the first three months of China, we still have hope for these obstacles to be eliminated in the near future."

China is 2020 in 2020The 80.5%comprehensive tariffs of Australian barley were levied on the Australian barley.At that time, the Morrison government banned Huawei from participating in the construction of 5G networks in Australia, and also asked to investigate the origin of coronal virus, and Sino -Australian relations went downhill.In December of the same year, Australia resorted to the WTO dispute resolution agency.

Since the Australian Labor government came to power in May 2022, China -Australian diplomatic tensions have eased.After nearly three years, China has restored its procurement of Australian coal in January this year and the import of Australian wood in May.

Farrell visited Beijing in May this year. This is the first time that the Australian Minister of Trade has visited China since 2019.He said last month that China is expected to make "satisfactory decisions" on the issue of barley tariffs.

A spokesman for the Australian government said, "If the tariff is not canceled at the end of the four -month period, Australia will resume the appeal in the WTO."