Chinese Premier Li to visit Australia as trade ties warm

Sydney (AFP) June 11, 2024
China's Premier Li Qiang will travel to Australia this weekend on the highest-ranking visit in seven years, Canberra announced Tuesday, as the two nations' trade ties improve despite their strategic rivalry in the Pacific. Li's four-day trip, which begins Saturday, comes after Beijing lifted most of the trade barriers it had imposed several years ago on Australian exports including coal, tim