China has complained to the WTO about Australia's ban on Huawei participating in the 5G network.
The complaint has been lodged with the global trade umpire as the federal government has entered caretaker mode before the May 18 election.
While WTO rules stipulate that members are not allowed to discriminate between trading partners, a national security exemption is available.ban Huawei from its 5G networkThe Australian change barred vendors "likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government". It was announced by the Turnbull government in the same week as the Liberal leadership crisis of August last year, which saw Malcolm Turnbull replaced by Scott Morrison.
Huawei has launched legal action against the US over the Trump administration's barring of the company. Huawei Australia says cooperation with Canberra is a higher priority than legal action but has not ruled it out. The IMF's deputy director of Asia, Jonathan Ostry, said that for Australia "the main issue that we worry about is possible trade diversion effects".
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