China-Australia relations: review of trade pact with Canberra unlikely for now, Beijing source says
Chinese trade officials are unlikely to reassess their bilateral free-trade agreement with Australia this month at the five-year review point, a source familiar with the matter in Beijing told the South China Morning Post.The absence of a review would not hurt the effectiveness of the free-trade deal, but it would mean that Beijing and Canberra are wasting an opportunity to talk about their trade disputes. The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAfta) was signed with strong goodwill between…