A top Chinese official has met with a major Australian lobster exporter, in the latest sign that trade tensions are thawing.
| A senior Chinese diplomat has visited a major Western Australian lobster exporter, in the latest sign that Beijing is preparing to relax political sanctions on $20 billion of Australian exports.
Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative CEO Mark Rutter with Chinese official Long Dingbin and Co-operative chairman Basil Lenzo. Lobster was among major Australian exports slapped with restrictions or steep tariffs by the Chinese authorities in 2020 as relations between the two countries soured. Taiwanese media reports last week said there had been a surge in Australian lobster imports to Taiwan because the product was being smuggled into mainland China.
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