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Why we should worry about Victoria's China memorandum of understanding

  • Written by Peter Lloyd, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
Why we should worry about Victoria's China memorandum of understandingBy itself Victoria's memorandum of understanding with China means little. It's what it could usher in. Shutterstock

Victoria’s Labor government stole a march on the rest of the country last month becoming the first (and only) state government to sign a memorandum of understanding with China under China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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