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China 'indefinitely' suspends economic dialogue with Australia
Published on: 2021-05-07
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China on Thursday suspended an economic dialogue with Australia, stepping up a pressure campaign that began over Australian support for a probe of the coronavirus and has disrupted exports to the country’s biggest foreign market.
 

Relations have plunged to a multi-decade low since Beijing blocked imports of Australian coal, wheat and other goods over the past year.
 

Thursday’s suspension “signals a deterioration of the diplomatic relationship” but is largely symbolic, said Caitlin Byrne, a specialist on Australia’s diplomatic relations in the Asia-Pacific region.
 

Beijing will “indefinitely suspend all activities” under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, said a statement by the Cabinet’s planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission.
 

China holds such dialogues with Australia, the United States and some other governments to discuss trade disputes and other economic issues.
 

Last month, Australia canceled two deals signed by the state government of Victoria with Beijing’s multibillion-dollar “Belt and Road” construction initiative on “national interest” grounds.
 

无限期暂停!

6日,国家发展改革委发布声明,宣布自即日起,无限期暂停中澳战略经济对话机制下一切活动。
 

声明指出,近期,澳大利亚联邦政府某些人士基于冷战思维和意识形态偏见,推出系列干扰破坏两国正常交流合作的举措。基于澳联邦政府当前对中澳合作所持态度,国家发展改革委决定,自即日起,无限期暂停国家发展改革委与澳联邦政府相关部门共同牵头的中澳战略经济对话机制下一切活动。
 

据中国政府网介绍,中澳战略经济对话是中澳总理定期会晤下的重要机制,是巩固中澳双边关系各项机制中的重要组成部分,双方通过就两国经济和投资领域的重点开展战略对话,加强经济联系。
 

4月21日,澳大利亚外长佩恩宣布,取消维多利亚州与中国此前签署的“一带一路”备忘录和框架协议。中国驻澳大利亚大使馆回应称,澳方此举是针对中方的又一无理挑衅行径。

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