Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said rock lobsters would be back on tables in time for Chinese New Year celebrations in January.
| Australia has cleared the final hurdle in its $20 billion trade dispute with China, with Beijing moving to lift import restrictions on rock lobsters in a major foreign policy victory for Anthony Albanese.
Mr Albanese said the timeline for imports to restart before the end of the year meant Australian rock lobsters – including from Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia – would be on tables in time for Chinese New Year celebrations in late January.“We have continued to stabilise the relationship without compromising on any of Australia’s national interests,” he said after frank but warm talks with Mr Li.
As well as lobsters, the Chinese market is once again open to Australian coal, cotton, copper ores and concentrates, timber logs, oaten hay, barley and wine. Before the trip, Mr Albanese likened ongoing contact with China to engagement between Washington and Moscow at the height of the Cold War. On Thursday, he said Australia was a facing a period “of strategic competition in our region”.
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