File photo of a vineyard in South Australia. (Alicat/iStock/Getty Images)

Australian wine industry faces hangover from China’s tariffs

Over two billion litres of wine in storage

Sydney | Reuters — Australia’s wine industry faces severe oversupply problems that will need years to resolve, experts say, pointing to Chinese tariffs, high production and export bottlenecks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vineyards nationwide have enough wine in domestic storage to fill 859 Olympic swimming pools, Rabobank said this week in its third-quarter wine report. […] Read more


Barley. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Australia disappointed with China move to extend barley tariffs review

Tariff wall in place since 2020

Sydney | Reuters — Australia said on Wednesday it was disappointed that China has asked for another month to complete a review needed to lift tariffs on barley and warned it would resume a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if there was further delay. Australia on April 11 agreed to temporarily suspend a […] Read more

File photo of barley being loaded off the combine. (Collab Media/iStock/Getty Images)

Australia expects ‘favourable decision’ from China on barley

Heavy tariffs in place since 2020

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is expecting a positive decision over the next two weeks from China to fully settle a dispute over barley tariffs, Trade Minister Don Farrell said Thursday. “We are expecting in the next couple of weeks a favourable decision on the tariffs that has prevented Australian barley going into China,” Farrell […] Read more