Australia Will ‘Win’ Wine Dispute With China: Minister

Published on March 9, 2024

Australia would win its dispute with China over tariffs on wine exports worth $1 billion (US$664 million) if the matter returned to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), trade minister Don Farrell says. Beijing slapped sanctions worth $20 billion on Australian products during the height of diplomatic tensions in 2020. China is now reviewing sanctions on wine under a five-month process after the Albanese government agreed to suspend a dispute lodged with the WTO until March 31. Mr. Farrell said there was “no hold up” with that process, and the government was waiting for Beijing to complete it. “I’m hopeful that at the end of that process, China will lift all of its tariffs on Australian wine,” he told Sky News on Sunday....

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