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Taking China to the World Trade Organisation plants a seed. It won't be a quick or easy win

  • Written by Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
Taking China to the World Trade Organisation plants a seed. It won't be a quick or easy winRichard Wainwright/AAP

Australia is reportedly ready to initiate its first litigation against China at the World Trade Organisation.

China has this year taken punitive action against imports of Australian coal, wine, beef, lobster and barley.

It is the five-year 80.5% barley tariff China imposed in May that Australia will take to the World Trade...

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