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Tokyo | Trade Minister Don Farrell will speak with his Chinese counterpart via a video link in the “near future” in the latest sign of strengthening relations between Australia and its biggest trading partner. Chinese state news agency Xinhua said the meeting between Mr Farrell and China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao was organised after officials from both countries met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos. China has barred Australia’s barley exports as part of the sanctions. Bloomberg “The two sides made the agreement during a mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation held here,” Xinhua said,...
