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MNI EXCLUSIVE: China Aims At Australian Trade Over Virus Spat
--Anti-Dumping Tariffs Retaliation For Canberra's Trump Support
BEIJING (MNI) - Australia could find its barley exports to China
effectively banned for up to five years as Beijing considers imposing
anti-dumping tariffs, with Canberra caught in the crossfire between China and
the U.S. tensions, sources close to the Chinese government told MNI.
Although denied by the Chinese government, any trade restrictions on
Australian exports -- which may last four to five years, a typical length for
anti-dumping investigations -- will likely be a response to Canberra's echoing
Washington's call for an investigation into the origins of the Covid-19
outbreak, said an industry source.
China, Australia's biggest market, has also suspended beef imports from
four Australian processing plants, jeopardising thousands of jobs.
--PUNISH ALLIES
"The message is quite clear: China won't take on the U.S. directly, but can
definitely punish U.S. allies who support President Trump's claim," another
source added.
Cutting imports from Australia would also allow China to increase purchases
of the products from the U.S., helping China meet import commitments under its
Phase 1 trade deal, the second source added.
The Trump administration had sought to make China bear the blame for the
pandemic by suggesting that the virus was leaked from a lab in Wuhan and by
accusing China of an initial coverup.
Shen Dingli, associate dean at Fudan University's Institute of
International Studies said, "I believe the U.S. is glad to see these (bans on
Australian beef and tariffs) happen as the moves will benefit the U.S. exports."
--THREAT TO BEIJING RULE
China sees claims such as those laid out by Trump as direct challenges to
Communist Party rule, virtually forcing it to react, said Shi Yinhong, a
professor with Renmin University and an advisor to the government.
This is not the first time Beijing has appeared to punish a U.S. ally for
cooperating with Washington over China. In December 2018, Canada arrested Meng
Wanzhou, chief financial officer of hi-tech giant Huawei, at the request of the
U.S. for allegedly breaching U.S. sanctions against Iran.
China detained two Canadian citizens and targeted imports of canola in
following months, although denying any direct linkage with the Meng case.
"It shows that countries around the world have diminishing wiggling space
in the middle of the two giants," said a third source close to the government.
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