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‘Take a calm breath’: agriculture minister seeks to cool escalating trade hostilities with China over coal
David Littleproud said reports that coal shipments had been cancelled would not ‘disrupt our exports’ and was not retaliatory
Agriculture minister David Littleproud has warned Australia needs to “take a calm deep breath” amid an escalation of trade hostilities with China, as Beijing moves to shift its power plants’ $14bn reliance on Australian imports towards domestic coal.
The potential foreshadowing of a trade war comes as the communist party-run Global Times newspaper continued to inflame tensions, seeking to cast Australia with an un-nuanced choice between its security ally America, and its largest trading partner, China.
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