PM to take a hard line on trade with China

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“The Prime Minister is convinced and determined to put dialogue and engagement at the core of how we deal with China.” Despite the re-engagement, the government, under its mantra of “cooperating where we can and disagreeing where we must”, is expected to take China to task over trade in his talks in Beijing with President Xi Jinping on Monday, and Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday. China has lifted, or will lift, most of the $20 billion in coercive trade bans that were imposed on Australian imports as relations reached a nadir during the tenure of the Turnbull and Morrison governments....