In the escalating tensions over Australia’s public calls for an independent international investigation into the New Crown epidemic, China has once again revoked the registration of an Australian company as an exporter to China and announced the suspension of barley imports from the company.
China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced Tuesday that it has revoked the registration of barley exports to China from Australia’s CBH GRAIN PTY LTD due to the repeated detection of quarantine pests such as hard wheat, French wild oats, North American nasturtium, and wheat streptomycovirus in the company’s barley exports to China.
The above moves are the latest measures to crack down on Australia’s exports to China, following China’s use of barley tariffs, a ban on imports of slaughtered and processed meat products, and an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine, and are also seen as the latest retaliation for the Australian Treasury’s rejection last week of a $430 million Australian corporate takeover plan for Chinese dairy giant Mengniu on the grounds that it was “against the national interest. The latest retaliation for the Australian Treasury’s rejection last week of a planned $430 million takeover of Australian companies by Chinese dairy giant Mengniu, on the grounds that it was “contrary to national interests.
In response to the arrest of Australian host Cheng Lei of China’s CCTV English channel CGTN in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Tuesday that she did not have specific information to provide, but China attaches importance to China-Australia relations, and the relevant departments will act in accordance with the law.
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