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Barley is not a random choice – here's the real reason China is taking on Australia over dumping

  • Written by Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
Barley is not a random choice – here's the real reason China is taking on Australia over dumpingBarley is the perfect scapegoat. China's real concerns about Australia go deeper.Shutterstock

This week China launched its first ever anti-dumping investigation against Australia, targeting barley exports.

Australia’s barley industry is upset because it doesn’t believe it has been dumping.

But that isn’t the point. China’s...

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