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By CAITLIN DOORNBOS AND HANA KUSUMOTO | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 26, 2021 TOKYO — Japan on Friday matched a move by rival China and will permit its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels attempting to land on the Senkakus, two square miles of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. The two countries’ coast guards regularly face off around the chain as Chinese vessels arrive to shadow or intimidate Japanese fishing vessels and Japan’s coast guard arrives to drive them away. Japan controls the islands, although Taiwan and China, which calls them Diaoyu Dao, also make cla...
BBC News Published image captionBarley - no longer a field of gold for Australian producers Australia will challenge China's tariff on its barley exports in an appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It marks the first defensive action from Australia in response to a number of China's sanctions on a range of goods this year. Beijing has imposed blockages or levies to dairy, meat, wine and others as political tensions have worsened. This has caused alarm in Australia as China is its biggest trading partner, accounting for close to 40% of exports. Earlier this week, Chinese state-controll...
news Australia to 'call in the umpire' on China trade hit © EPA Barley - no longer a field of gold for Australian producers Australia will challenge China's tariff on its barley exports in an appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It marks the first defensive action from Australia in response to a number of China's sanctions on a range of goods this year. Beijing has imposed blockages or levies to dairy, meat, wine and others as political tensions have worsened. This has caused alarm in Australia as China is its biggest trading partner, accounting for close to 40% of exports.