Penny Wong insists the government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind turbines in exchange for the return of Australian wine to China.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has insisted the federal government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind turbines in exchange for the return of Australian wine to the Chinese market, as she flagged a forthcoming visit to Australia by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Representatives from Australia’s Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong exile communities rallied outside Parliament House ahead of the Wong-Wang meeting to demand Australia emphasise the importance of human rights in China. “I made the point that predictability in business and trade is in all our economic interests,” Wong said of her meeting with Wang.Wong said that Albanese looks forward to welcoming Premier Li to Australia in the latest sign of the thawing of tensions between the two nations.Li, who is effectively second-in-command to Chinese President Xi Jinping, is expected to travel to Australia in the middle of the year with June seen as a likely date.
“All in all, our relations are now on the right track, so we shouldn’t hesitate, let it veer off course, and shouldn’t go backwards,” Wang said.
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