Nothing is going well between Beijing and Canberra.
The tension rose again on Friday.
Claiming to be the victim of "material
injury
", China has announced the imposition of heavy anti-dumping measures against Australian wines.
Accused of being sold cheaper in China than in the Big Island, Australian wine will suffer surcharges from this Saturday of between 107% and 212%.
This is the umpteenth retaliatory measure adopted by the Asian giant vis-à-vis Australia since 2018.
Bilateral relations began to deteriorate when Canberra excluded telecoms group Huawei from building its 5G network, in the name of national security, on the Washington line.
They grew a little more tense when Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison aligned himself with the United States in April, calling for an international investigation into the origins of Covid-19, first spotted in China, in Wuhan. .
Annoyed by this demand, Australia's largest trading partner
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