China-America tariff dispute opens door to China for Australia’s craft brewers

Australia’s craft brewers are hoping the ongoing trade tensions between China and the United States may provide an opportunity to crack the world’s largest beer market. The United States was quick to capitalise when the craft beer craze first started taking hold in the Asian nation about a decade ago, but Australia has been slow off the mark, valuing its export offering in the wine space more highly. But with US President Donald Trump’s turbulent tariff regime seeing American products disappearing from Chinese shelves, Australian brewers are sensing an opportunity. Rocky Ridge founder Hamish Coates (right) is excited to expand…