Australia Stays Sidelined as West Unites to Sanction China

  • Joint sanctions remain off the table until legislation passes
  • Trade ties have been hit as ties with China drop to new depths
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Last December, Australian lawmakers from across the aisle called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to join the U.S. and other countries in passing its own version of the Magnitsky law to “take the lead in developing a best practice targeted sanctions regime.”