Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:18 am I agree, the govt should be facilitating trade with other partners
china's tariffs and suspensions will ultimately hurt themselves most, as they need food and raw materials
but the govt needs to restrict or halt chinese inward investment in these areas
and perhaps harass existing investments

Australian and British trade negotiators will meet every Friday in anticipation for a new free trade deal to be signed in early June, according to Trade Minister Dan Tehan. Mr Tehan has just returned from a trip to the UK where he discussed vaccine protocols as well as continuing trade discussions. Australia and the UK have been in the midst of negotiating a free-trade deal after Britain left the European Union at the beginning of 2020. The trade minister told Sky News, the two nations are in the “last parts of the negotiation” and should be in a position to “ink a deal” in early June.

Australia has banned passengers flights from India in response to the country's surging coronavirus outbreak - creating further uncertainty for Australians stranded abroad.
Australia will place a ban on all passenger flights coming from India in response to the country's devastating surge in COVID cases.

The flights will be suspended until 15 May. The decision came after a meeting of senior government ministers in the National Security Committee on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia is also preparing to send oxygen supplies, ventilators and personal protective equipment to India as part of an emergency response package.