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'Dog of America': China's incredible insult to Aussies as they consider tariffs on our dairy, wine and seafood industries that will cost BILLIONS and wipe out thousands of jobs
Daily Mail (Australia/UK) ^ | 20th May 2020 | Charlie Moore

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; covid19; kag; maga; redchina; trump
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To: naturalman1975; All
So where are the Chinese going to source this stuff? The US?

Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison should form a strategic partnership focused on destroying China’s economy.

21 posted on 05/20/2020 1:11:17 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: naturalman1975
The latest difficulties in the bi-lateral trade relationship followed the Australian government's call for a ban on wildlife wet markets and an inquiry into how the coronavirus originated and spread from Wuhan. The proposal - as well as repeated suggestions that China covered up the spread of the disease - have infuriated Beijing.

Think of China as being a Mexican drug cartel and their choices start making more sense....

22 posted on 05/20/2020 1:14:07 AM PDT by GOPJ (Plan for the worst (intentional bio-weapon attack.) Hope for the best (current plan)...)
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To: naturalman1975

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!


23 posted on 05/20/2020 1:14:45 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Bommer; All
Yup. I just sent this note to President Trump:

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

24 posted on 05/20/2020 1:20:54 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: All

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


25 posted on 05/20/2020 1:24:57 AM PDT by fluorescence
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To: naturalman1975

This reads as if the Chinese stopped just short of saying Australia is America’s “b*tch”, or something equally as insulting.


26 posted on 05/20/2020 1:29:19 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: naturalman1975

When China makes a comment like that, do they have any idea
what an idiotic 1950s back-water national wanna-be they
sound like?


27 posted on 05/20/2020 2:16:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.)
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To: naturalman1975

28 posted on 05/20/2020 3:22:30 AM PDT by xp38
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To: naturalman1975

What ever you do China just don’t give in...…...


29 posted on 05/20/2020 3:29:22 AM PDT by heshtesh
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To: naturalman1975

What’s Labor Party sentiment re China like, these days? Same old panda huggers of the recent past?


30 posted on 05/20/2020 3:38:17 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Leaning Right
We'd be well into Act 2 of “Red Dawn” under Chancellor Hillary.
31 posted on 05/20/2020 3:38:48 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: naturalman1975

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?


32 posted on 05/20/2020 3:44:15 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: naturalman1975

The ccp needs to go.


33 posted on 05/20/2020 3:45:35 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: naturalman1975

Embargo all Chinese imports. Short term pain for long term prosperity for the west.


34 posted on 05/20/2020 3:46:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

“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.

https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/our-natural-resources/minerals-mining/minerals-metals-facts/rare-earth-elements-facts/20522


35 posted on 05/20/2020 3:47:25 AM PDT by kanawa ((Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel)))
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To: naturalman1975
Coming from a nation of bat eaters, this is a high compliment IMO.

Just as an FYI, I have not ordered General Tso since the Kung Flu started even though delivery has been an option.

36 posted on 05/20/2020 4:11:23 AM PDT by Kudsman (Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
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To: naturalman1975

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. :-)


37 posted on 05/20/2020 4:19:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas
China is acting like a cornered wounded animal...lashing out blindly at everything and everybody.

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.

38 posted on 05/20/2020 5:12:29 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Oscar in Batangas

“She’s going down.”

Not before launching her nukes.


39 posted on 05/20/2020 6:11:50 AM PDT by moovova (Words are fun.)
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To: naturalman1975

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.


40 posted on 05/20/2020 6:12:13 AM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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