Australia signs Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest trade deal
The RCEP pact, which has taken eight years to negotiate, surpasses the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in scale after the United States pulled out of that agreement under the Trump Administration. "The real benefits here are two-fold — one is for our farmers and exporters, they get a more common set of rules across all 15 nations," Senator Birmingham said on Sunday.
Trading blows: China’s punitive strategy against Australia is failing
Scott Morrison and his cabinet have no intention of buckling under Chinese coercion. Neither does Anthony Albanese's Labor Party.
Australia to discuss critical supply chains with Japan, India and US as China relationship...
Beijing is worried about what the so-called Quad could become and has previously labelled the group ‘an anti-China frontline’
Casino inquiry admissions over China links
A right-hand man to casino billionaire James Packer faces a third day of grilling at an inquiry run by NSW's gaming regulator.
Beverages group Lion abandons $600 million China dairy sale
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has welcomed Lion's decision to abandon the sale of its $600 million dairy and drinks business to China Mengniu Dairy after it was told it was unlikely to win approval from Australian regulators.
‘We’ll vigorously defend’: Australia ready to fight China over wine dispute
The federal government is prepared to fight Beijing at the World Trade Organisation after the Chinese Ministry of Commerce launched an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine.
China launches anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine exports
China's Ministry of Commerce announced Monday it has launched an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine exports.
China plays hardball on trade as Australia tensions escalate
Australia’s foreign minister has accused China of spreading disinformation that “contributes to a climate of fear and division” while declaring Canberra would take a more active role in global bodies.
Amid China tensions, Australia signs comprehensive strategic partnership with India
The new comprehensive strategic partnership is Australia's fourth, following agreements with China, Singapore and Indonesia.
‘We stand by Australia,’ says Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unleashed a blistering verbal assault against the Chinese Communist Party, slamming its decision to target Australia with barley tariffs for the "simple act" of asking for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus.
- Advertisement -
Editor's Pick
Three Chinese warships arrive in Sydney Harbour for four-day stopover
The arrival of three Chinese warships in Sydney harbour was not a surprise, Scott Morrison has said, despite the fact that the government did not announce the visit in advance.
Coronavirus started in China, PM tells mining billionaire
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told billionaire Andrew Forrest to stay away from foreign affairs and stop spreading misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrates 45 years of China-Australia relations
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has celebrated 45 years of bilateral relations between Australian and China by performing to audiences in Shanghai and Beijing.
The Sydney...
Fears government restrictions will stop flow of Chinese money to Brisbane, Gold Coast development
THE great wall of money from mainland China arriving in Queensland will continue but there are concerns cracks are appearing.
Over the past few years...
Australia bars entry to foreign nationals traveling from mainland China
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia will deny entry to all foreign nationals traveling from mainland China from Saturday due to the increasing threat from the coronavirus epidemic.
The go-betweens who help Chinese settle in Australia
As at March 2017, Chinese-born migrants comprise the nation’s third-highest resident population, after New Zealand and Britain, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
Foreign investors ‘push up prices’
Sydneysiders are concerned that foreign investors, and particularly Chinese real estate investors, are pushing up housing prices, according to survey findings published this month....
Chinese, Korean and Spanish websites advertise illegal pay rates as little as $4.20 an...
Four out of five businesses advertising Australian jobs on Chinese, Korean and Spanish language websites are offering illegal pay rates as low as $4.20 per hour, a new audit has found.
China’s love of wine drives thirst for knowledge
In calendar 2000 China imported $1.34 million of our wine; by 2016 it reached $520m, three months later in March it had reached $568m, a year-on-year growth of 41 per cent.
Palmer blames Chinese nemesis for $2.3b loss
Embattled billionaire Clive Palmer is directly blaming his Chinese nemesis CITIC for the collapse of his nickel empire in a new legal action which claims its failure to pay him royalties meant the Queensland company folded with a personal loss to the former MP of $2.3 billion.
China’s thirst for baby formula creating problems for Australian shoppers and staff
Retail staff are being abused by Chinese personal shoppers and are concerned about their safety at work while they attempt to police the purchase of baby formula in Australian supermarkets.
China’s richest have $30 trillion to spend, and more investing in Australia
Australia is the third most popular destination for ultra-rich Chinese to invest wealth offshore and it's closing the gap on other countries, a new report shows.
