Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said China notified Australia on Friday that live rock-lobster trade between the countries can restart immediately.
China has notified Australia the rock lobster trade can recommence effective immediately. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have celebrated the win for the $450 million dollar industry.
Australia will provide over $100 million to help the Solomon Islands, which also has security ties with China, expand its police force so it can reduce its reliance on external partners, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.
Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen says it would be “disastrous” for Australia if China establishes a military presence in the Pacific.
Strategic Analysis Australia founding director Michael Shoebridge believes China’s police presence in the Solomon Islands will stay.
Australia will provide over $100 million to the Solomon Islands to expand its police force so the Pacific Islands nation, which also has security ties with China, can reduce its reliance on external partners,
China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the countries.
The MYEFO predicts that the federal budget will be in deficit for at least a decade, and that cumulative deficits over the next four years will be almost $22 billion larger than forecast in the Labor government’s budget in May.
Australia's live rock lobster exports to China can resume following the removal of trade restrictions. This development highlights the resolution of trade disputes that began in 2020 over Australia's call for a COVID-19 origins inquiry.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australian exports of live rock lobster to China can restart immediately, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday following a notification from China.