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Australia turns down China's offer to 'join hands' to fight US tariffs, aims to diversify trade, strengthening ties with Europe, India, Britain, Middle East (www.reuters.com)
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"We are not going to be holding hands with China in respect of any contest that is going on in the world," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles told Sky News, referring to the Chinese ambassador's proposal for countries to "join hands" on trade.

"We are not doing that. What we are doing is pursuing Australia's national interests and diversifying our trade around the world."

He said Australia would build its economic resilience by strengthening trade ties with the European Union, Indonesia, India, Britain and the Middle East.

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[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Super, trump says his economy tanking tariffs are a bargaining chip and Australia govt doesn't even think of pretending to use it's ties to China as one too? Smartest move here would have been to kept very vague on the idea.