Could Australian wine start flowing again?
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🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: China was the biggest importer of Australian wine, until Australians called for an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and China slapped tariffs on various commodities. But as relations between the countries improve, could the wine start flowing again? Also: Will there be a time when jobs aren’t necessary? Elon Musk thinks so and he’s putting it down to AI. Plus, religiously conservative Malta is fast becoming known as one of the most gay-friendly places in Europe, giving its tourism industry a boost.
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| 0:00.0 | Will China unwind their Australian trade tariffs? |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, and you're listening to the Marketplace Morning Report. |
| 0:07.3 | Live from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Leanna Byrne. |
| 0:10.5 | A very good morning to you. |
| 0:11.9 | When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touches down in Beijing |
| 0:15.1 | on Saturday, he will be the first Australian leader to visit China in seven years. Why? |
| 0:20.2 | Well, because the two countries have been at odds lately, after a tense couple of |
| 0:24.8 | years. In 2020, China imposed tariffs on a number of Australian commodities. It was |
| 0:30.2 | previously the biggest importer of Australian wine, making a bink impact on the |
| 0:34.7 | growers and producers. |
| 0:36.2 | Now Beijing says it will review those tariffs. |
| 0:38.7 | The BBC's Phil Mercer has more. |
| 0:42.1 | Australia, a land of contrast and diversity, |
| 0:45.6 | of snowy mountains and tropical beaches, |
| 0:48.2 | a new world wine country. |
| 0:49.9 | China was once Australia's biggest wine market, until international politics intervened. |
| 0:56.4 | Almost overnight, exporters were left high and dry. |
| 1:00.6 | Nicky Palin is a wine maker from Melbourne. |
| 1:03.3 | I was one of the major exporters of wine to China and it got to the point where I was |
| 1:07.8 | exporting around 200 containers a year to China. |
| 1:12.0 | That's 200,000 cases. So it was a substantial part of |
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