China’s and Australia’s ties as trade partners look to be improving after China announced on Thursday it would lift punitive tariffs on Australian wines.
A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce He Yadong called the two countries “each other’s important trade partners.”
Before the tariffs were introduced, China was Australia’s top wine export destination.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, before China made the announcement, that he expected trade to resume soon and that he anticipated higher volumes of trade, as seen with other reintroduced products.
“China wants good high-quality wine and Australia produces it,” Albanese said in the visit to a winery located in Australia’s Hunter Valley wine region.
