Economics

Australia Says China Trade Curbs Hurt Global Confidence

  • Wine duties are latest in raft of damaging trade reprisals
  • We see a much more aggressive China, Trade Minister says
Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
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Australia’s trade minister said China’s steps to curb imports of his country’s goods are “aggressive” and undermine confidence in the global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.