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Australia depends less on Chinese trade than some might think

  • Written by James Giesecke, Professor, Centre of Policy Studies and the Impact Project, Victoria University
imageAustralia is vulnerable to any downturn in global markets due to a Chinese economic slump. But being dumped as a supplier by China is a different matter. www.shutterstock.com

China now buys almost a third of Australia’s exports – about twice the value bought by second-placed Japan, and about nine times fifth-placed United States.

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