CANBERRA, Australia — China opened its doors on Thursday to Australian wood imports for the veryfirst time in more than 2 years, in another indication that the scruffy bilateral relationship is being fixed.
Timber was on a list of Australian exports subjected to authorities and informal Chinese trade barriers enforced in 2020 after Australia called for an independent query into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The list that consistedof coal, whitewine, barley, beef, seafood, cotton and copper was approximated to expense Australian exporters $14 billion a year.
But relations haveactually enhanced because the center-left Labor Party came to power a year ago, ending 9 years of conservative guideline in Australia. Australian coal, cotton and copper exports to China have justrecently resumed.
Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian stated the lumber restriction hadactually been raised from Thursday since Australian exporters had pleased China’s quarantine issues. The Australian federalgovernment was formally notified on Wednesday.
“So from today on, the Australian wood is going back to China,” Xiao informed pressreporters.
The development came after Trade Minister Don Farrell checkedout Beijing last weekend lookingfor to lift tra