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Fri Nov 23

Barley is not a random choice – here's the real reason China is taking on Australia over dumping

Written by Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW

Barley is the perfect scapegoat. China's real concerns about Australia go deeper.Shutterstock

This week China launched its first ever anti-dumping investigation against Australia, targeting barley exports.

Australia’s barley industry is upset because it doesn’t believe it has been dumping.

But that isn’t the point. China’s...

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