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DARK SECRETS: China lifts steep australian wine tariffs as relations improve | Rare Historical Photos

Australian wine accounted for 0.14 percent of Chinese wine imports In the first half of 2023, compared with 27.5 percent in 2020 before the duties were imposed [File: Jason Reed/Reuters]

China says it will lift steep tariffs on Australian wine imposed more than three years ago in the latest sign of improving relations between the two countries.

The anti-subsidy and anti-dumping levies were first imposed in 2020 along with a host of other trade barriers during a diplomatic feud over Australia’s support for a global inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. China had been Australia’s top wine export market, and Australian wine producers took a heavy hit from the duties, which were above 200 percent.

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