[Hucklederry]

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[Sabinus]

Australian right-leaning government called for an independent investigation of the origins of Covid. Chinese government responded by sanctioning Australian imports for years.

[est]

I've seen this narrative going arond the Interwebz for years, but in my memory China took retaliation measures before covid happened, during of Trump's trade war.

> https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN287099/

> Australia's ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban China's Huawei from its 5G

[Vecr]

Probably relating at least to the coal situation a couple years back.