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The trade minister, Don Farrell, is at the World Trade Organisation ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi where he had a sideline chat with China's commerce minister, Wang Wentao, overnight.

Sideline chats are the unofficial official talks - it's not considered a bilateral, but both sides have to agree to the talk in order for it to happen. So it's not just a see them and grab situation between sessions. It's a little more planned than that.