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Australia Rejects China’s Plea to ‘Join Hands’ Against Trump Tariffs
Breitbart ^ | 10 Apr | SIMON KENT

Posted on 04/10/2025 4:56:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Australia has rejected China’s plea to “join hands” against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, declaring Thursday it is happy to keep negotiating with its long-term ally rather than join Beijing’s chorus of aggrieved opposition to Washington.

The White House recently imposed an import tax of 10 percent on Australian goods, but for China – Australia’s biggest trading partner – it raised tariffs to 125 percent.

China’s ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian argued joint resistance is “the only way” to stop the “hegemonic and bullying behaviour of the U.S.”, appealing for Canberra’s cooperation in an opinion piece on Thursday, the BBC reports.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, however, said Australians would “speak for ourselves”, while the country’s defence minister said the nation would not be “holding China’s hand.”

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Business/Economy; China; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: australia; china; redchina; tariffs; tds; trump
China — isolated, humiliated, and looking at 125% tariffs. Guess Xi never read Trump’s book.
1 posted on 04/10/2025 4:56:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Neither has anyone in Canberra.


2 posted on 04/10/2025 4:57:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

They all keep giving ChyNah the middle finger.

Good!


3 posted on 04/10/2025 5:01:04 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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“Join hands”? China made a big mistake showing its hand and desperation to Trump there. China has used up its credibility, has no friends and is like a loan shark or a swarm of locusts. China only makes deals that the Devil would be proud of. Look at Vietnam’s and Taiwan’s behavior, they know better than anyone than to ally themselves with China in anything.


4 posted on 04/10/2025 5:23:48 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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5 posted on 04/10/2025 5:26:43 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: rlmorel

😂 👍🏼


6 posted on 04/10/2025 5:29:22 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Has anyone noticed how commonly aligned the Chicoms and Rats are on everything?


7 posted on 04/10/2025 5:30:59 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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Seems pretty brave to me. Australia is basically a mining colony of China so to defy them like that could have consequences.


8 posted on 04/10/2025 5:34:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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One of my favorites!


9 posted on 04/10/2025 5:44:08 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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Has anyone noticed how commonly aligned the Chicoms and Rats are on everything?

Live on China's rice, sing China's song...

10 posted on 04/10/2025 5:59:23 AM PDT by null and void (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity. H/T MortMan)
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By trying all these cheating tricks, China confesses to all the world, that they cannot compete on level ground or under fair rules. How bad does communism suck?!!


11 posted on 04/10/2025 6:22:20 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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Australia runs a trade deficit with the USA. No point in slapping them with a tariff.

12 posted on 04/10/2025 8:49:25 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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