China scraps tariffs on Australian wine

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says China's duties on Australian bottled wine will come to an end from Friday

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China has dropped tariffs on Australian wine, a long-awaited decision heralded by the Albanese government as validation of its calm and consistent approach" with the superpower on a series of controversial trade disputes.

In a statement on Thursday the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, foreign minister, Penny Wong, and trade minister, Don Farrell, said they had been informed that from Friday, China's duties on Australian bottled wine would come to an end. Australia would, in turn, discontinue its legal proceedings in the World Trade Organization, the government said.

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