Why a flight of 150 fruit pickers could turn the tables in Australia's trade war with China after the communist nation slapped another series of devastating tariffs on goods

Australiaࢀ™s decision to fly 150 fruit pickers from East Timor to Tasmania may have inadvertently evended the playing field in its ongoing trade war with China . The East Timor nationals arrived Down Under earlier this month on a special charter plane to work for Aussie farmers picking berries amid a worker shortage. The program has improved relations between Australia and the Southeast Asian nation, which sits 600km off the coast of the Northern Territory. ANUࢀ™s National Security College Timor expert Andrea Fahey said the pandemic is ironically behind the boosted relationship between the two nations ࢀ" and that it…