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There's no need for panic over China’s trade threats

  • Written by James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney

China’s increasingly belligerent threats to close its markets to Australian exports have excited talk of a full-blown trade war.

But let’s not panic. These threats are best understood as psychological warfare, not a statement of reality.

Last week Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported the Chinese government was set to ban...

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