Australia denies claim and has taken the dispute to the world trade organisation
It comes after Canberra-Beijing relations sank to a new low following Covid-19
Australia will lodge a formal dispute at the World Trade Organisation on Wednesday night over China s tariff on Aussie barley.
Beijing slapped an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley in May after Scott Morrison called for an inquiry into the origins of coronavirus which was identified in Wuhan late last year.
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China claims Australian barley growers are unfairly subsidised by the government, but Canberra denies this.
Beijing slapped an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley in June. Pictured: Barley in central west New South Wales
WTO fails to net deal to halt over-fishing before deadline
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GENEVA, Dec 15, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – The World Trade Organization on Monday said it had failed to clinch a long-awaited deal on banning subsidies that contributed to over-fishing by a year-end deadline, adding that talks would resume in January.
Fresh rounds of meetings will begin in the week starting January 18, said Colombian ambassador Santiago Wills, who has been chairing the negotiations.
That means a further extension of discussions that have been going for nearly 20 years.
It is widely agreed that action is needed against over-fishing, which is stripping the seas of a hugely important resource that millions of people depend on for their livelihoods, but two decades of discussions have yet to resolve how to proceed.
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