australia will launch a formal appeal to
the world trade organization
asking it to intervene with its ongoing
trade dispute with china
over bali and other exports australia's
trade minister says he had little choice
after china earlier this year
imposed five years of anti-dumping and
anti-subsidy duties
totaling about eighty percent on the
nation's bali
china is the australian barley growers
largest market and the tariff has
effectively stopped
a billion dollar trade in its tracks the
formal
uh approach marks the first defensive
action from australia
in response to a number of china's
sanctions on a range of goods this year
wto dispute resolution processes are not
perfect
they take longer than would be ideal but
ultimately it is the right avenue for
australia to take
at this point in time we along with many
other countries use these processes
in the right and orderly way and
australian industry should see this as
being
about australia defending the values
operation and interests of australian
producers
but doing so in a calm methodical and
careful manner
well australia's appeal to the world
trade organization comes just one day
after chinese state-controlled media
reported new restrictions on imports of
australian coal
china's foreign ministry says australia
must take its concerns
seriously
what i want to stress is that the
australian government should take
china's concern seriously
and take concrete measures to correct
its discriminatory actions against
chinese companies