Australia says China ignoring its request for discussion to ease trade tensions

Australia on June 8 said that China has been igring its call for discussions to ease tensions between two tring partners, which were sparked after Canberra called for an independent investigation into origins of coronavirus. Australian tre minister Simon Birmingham while talking to press said that he has been requesting talks with his Chinese counterpart, but so far has been met with negative response. 

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China accounts for over 30% of total export by Australia and after Canberra's call for an independent probe, Beijing threatened to boycott its products in mainland. China also suspended imports of beef from four of Australia's largest meat processing companies citing labelling and health certificates. However, experts suggest that move was in retaliation to Canberra's request for an investigation. Both, Australian and Chinese foreign ministry have refuted such reports. 

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China issued visory

China recently issued an visory for its people asking m to avoid travelling to Australia because of growing racial discrimination against Chinese nationals over coronavirus outbreak, a claim that Canberra disputes. China's alrey coercive policies towards Australia became harsher after it felt cornered at World Health Assembly last month over COVID-19 discussions, where Canberra was party to resolution seeking an investigation into Beijing's initial response in handling disease outbreak. 

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Health experts believe that virus originated at a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, where exotic animals were reportedly being tred illegally. According to figures by Johns Hopkins University, world has recorded over 7 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 4,00,000 deaths to date. 

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