Australian barley growers are the victims of weaponised trade rules
- Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Trade tensions between Australia and China have escalated to the point where China has placed an 80.5% tariff on Australian barley imports, beginning this week.
China has been a huge market for Australian barley. It accounted for more than 70% of Australia’s exports between 2015 and 2018 and in 2016–17 it bought almost 6 million tonnes.
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