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Taking China to the World Trade Organisation plants a seed. It won’t be a quick or easy win
Australia is reportedly ready to initiate its first litigation against China at the World Trade Organisation.
China has this year taken punitive action against imports of Australian coal, wine, beef, lobster and barley.
It is the five-year 80.5 per cent barley tariff China imposed in May that Australia will take to the World Trade Organisation. More than half of all Australian barley exports in 2019 were sold to China, worth about A$600 million a year to Australian farmers.
Chinese authorities began an anti-dumping investigation into Australian barley in November 2018. Anti-dumping trade rules are meant to protect local producers from unfair competition from “dumped” imported goods.
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