Australia's losses from China tariffs in the billions - and counting

China’s decision to slap punitive tariffs on a range of Australian goods has already cost more than $6 billion in lost exports, with Adelaide researchers warning regional South Australia has borne the brunt of the ongoing diplomatic dispute.

Minister frustrated that China won't pick up phone as trade bans grow

Australia’s Trade Minister says it’s “deeply frustrating” that China refuses to discuss its “unacceptable” targeting of Australian exports, with lamb joining wine, beef, coal, barley and timber on the unofficial hit list and wheat and cotton producers bracing as the trade dispute worsens.

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Breaking the China plate

As Australia’s relationship with an increasingly assertive China goes from bad to worse and exporters are increasingly frozen out, Tony Walker asks if the Morrison Government has a game plan or is simply stumbling from one crisis to the next.

The economic cost of China's dumping on Australian exports

Wine, coal, barley, lobsters and timber have been targeted in recent months, but it’s iron ore exports to China that should be the main concern for Australia’s economy. And that should prompt a focus on alternatives to underpin future prosperity, argue Rod Tyers and Yixiao Zhou.