Australia Fangfeng said that China may cancel the ban on Australia and Chinese experts!

[Global Times Special reporter in Australia, Dachio Global Times reporter Hao Shuangyan] Bloomberg reported recently that China is studying the cancellation of trade ban on Australia's coal for nearly two years. On July 17, in an interview with the Australian Sky News Station, the Australian Minister Chammer believed that this possible measure was a "gratifying step" in the development of Australian -China relations and was happy to see it. At the same time, he expects that China to cancel the scope of trade ban can be wider. However, the news has not been officially confirmed by China.

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"I hope to see more than this, but also to expand to (cancellation) restrictions on other Australian transfers." Chammer said on the 17th that this will conform to the interests of business owners and exporters in Australia.

Bloomberg reported on the 14th that the tension between China and Australia has eased, and the tight energy supply that may be caused by the conflict of Russia and Ukraine will be the main reason for China to consider this measure. The report also quoted sources as saying that China is seeking the source of increasing energy supply to avoid reappearing last year's power shortage.

Regarding the news of China ’s consideration of China’ s considering prohibition of imports of Australia and Coal, Lin Boqiang, Dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, told the reporter of the Global Times on the 17th that the current time point for discussion is not significant.

Lin Boqiang said that the import of coal from Australia did not mean that China had no coal. China ’s coal was exported south and north, because coal resources were concentrated in the north. The import is because Australian coal is cheap, and the freight may be a bit cheaper than the coal shipping from the north. The current situation is different. The price of Australia coal has followed the global market, which is much more expensive than Chinese coal.

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