China Defends Tariffs on Australia Barley’s as Relations Sour

A stock pile of barley prior to being loaded at a grain facility in Balliang, Victoria, Australia.

Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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China was “prudent” and “restrained” in its use of trade remedy measures according to the nation’s commerce minister, who defended the recent decision to impose anti-dumping duties on Australian barley as being based on evidence.