Australia-China Trade Tensions During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Australia’s Reaction to China Trade Sanctions
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Australia's economy is heavily dependent on exports because exports take a significant role in the process of good growth and development. Australia seeks to establish relations with Asian countries, particularly China, in order to enhance its export trade. Relations between the two countries weakened, particularly when Australia wanted to lead the global call for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, leading China to impose many trade sanctions on Australia. In this study, the researcher uses the theory of international organizations to examine the topic. The author uses a qualitative approach in this study to analyze Australia's reactions to China's trade sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results confirm that Australia depends on the WTO as a trade regime to solve its trade disputes and diversify its international trade through the free trade agreement with other countries to overcome China's trade sanctions during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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