Posted on 05/19/2020 10:43:38 PM PDT by naturalman1975
China has reportedly drawn up a list of more Australian industries to target after slapping tariffs on barley and banning some beef imports amid mounting tensions over calls for a coronavirus inquiry.
Wine, dairy, seafood, oatmeal and fruit exporters could be hit with new customs rules, quality checks or tariffs to make selling into China more difficult, according to a Bloomberg article which cited 'people familiar with the matter'.
Each year Australian companies export about $1billion worth of dairy, $1.3billion of wine and $658million of seafood to China, meaning further tariffs could seriously harm the economy.
Meanwhile, Chinese newspaper the Global Times, which is considered a mouthpiece for the communist government, today stoked tensions by quoting Chinese citizens who called Australia 'a giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US'.
In response to the jibe, Senator Kimberley Kitching said politicians on both sides would continue to stand up for Australian values.
'It's no insult to be called a kangaroo - they are tough, hard to tame, resourceful, never take a backwards step and of course are very committed to freedom,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
The Global Times article ran comments from social media users accusing Australia of pandering to the US by calling for an inquiry into the virus after President Trump investigated whether it spawned in a lab in Wuhan.
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Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison should form a strategic partnership focused on destroying China’s economy.
Think of China as being a Mexican drug cartel and their choices start making more sense....
Throw every damned chink out of Australia . Every immigrant ,every tourist, every student, every business person. Dis invest , 100% .
Just tell the PRC to F-off and that’s it.
Stuff the PRC back into it’s can and let them fester there
And ps: FREE TIBET ! LONG LIVE THE DALAI LAMA!
Dear Mr. President,
Based on what Americans are seeing, Australia is the country most closely aligned with America.
The Chinese are determined to retaliate economically against Australia for forcing Covid inquiries.
Why not form a strategic partnership with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison focused on destroying China’s economy?
We should be Further strengthening our ties with Australia and Great Britain.
Respectfully,
Mark Davis
Previously they called Australia “chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes”:
>Late on Monday, Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-run Global Times wrote on Weibo that ties between Australia and its largest trading partner, China, were likely to deteriorate as much as relations between Beijing and Washington had.
>Criticising Australia for joining the US in its attacks on China, Hu wrote: “After the epidemic, we need to have more risk awareness when doing business with Australia and also when we send our children to study there.”
>“Australia is always there, making trouble. It is a bit like chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes. Sometimes you have to find a stone to rub it off,” Hu said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/australia-called-gum-stuck-to-chinas-shoe-by-state-media-in-coronavirus-investigation-stoush
This reads as if the Chinese stopped just short of saying Australia is America’s “b*tch”, or something equally as insulting.
When China makes a comment like that, do they have any idea
what an idiotic 1950s back-water national wanna-be they
sound like?
What ever you do China just don’t give in...…...
What’s Labor Party sentiment re China like, these days? Same old panda huggers of the recent past?
Tariffs on food exports simply reduces cost of domestically sold food. It is de inflationary. It doesn’t cost any jobs.
Since all westerners consider themselves “nation of consumers” what’s not to like?
The ccp needs to go.
Embargo all Chinese imports. Short term pain for long term prosperity for the west.
“We don’t need a single damn thing they offer in return.”
The only potential problem I can see involves...
Light REEs (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium and scandium)
are produced in global abundance and are in surplus supply.
Heavy REEs (terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and yttrium)
are produced mainly in China and are in limited supply.
Just as an FYI, I have not ordered General Tso since the Kung Flu started even though delivery has been an option.
Per ABC: In 2017-18 Australia exported $123.3 billion in goods and services to China, equal to about 6.7 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
I bet Trump could help you find other markets for that. :-)
China relies on food imports since they can't grow enough on their own currently. Not sure picking a fight with food sources is the way to go. At some point China will need to expand their territory to be able to survive.
“She’s going down.”
Not before launching her nukes.
Look, when you are responsible for feeding over a billion people as the rulers of China are, you cannot afford to terminate any potential source of food supply for very long. China needs the rest of the world a hell of a lot more than the rest of the world needs China.
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