Beijing Drops Trade Sanctions on Australian Beef

Published on December 12, 2023

Beijing has lifted an arbitrary ban on three Australian abattoirs as China not only grapples with food shortages, but continues working to ease relations with the Labor government. Beijing’s Customs Agency announced that products from Australian companies Teys, the Australian Lamb Company, and JBS will be allowed into China. The initial ban came amid a flurry of coercive trade actions in 2020 targeting Australian exporters in response to the former Morrison government calling for an international inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. The ban swept a swathe of exports to China including wine, beef, barley, and lobster with the sanctions estimated to cost Australian companies $20 billion (US$13 billion)....

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