BBCNEWS Business June 17, 2024
largest trading partner and this is why. look at the figures, 2—way trade grew over 9% to over $300 million. i spoke with former australian ambassador to china geoff raby who explained the significance of this visit. the significance of the visit is that not only is it the first since 2017, but it marks the resumption of the annual reciprocal high—level visit exchanges. these started in the 1980s and continued until 2017 and they are resuming again. to the comments by philjust then, relations have normalised and that's what china is looking for. beyond that, in terms of geopoliti...