8/7/2019 AFR Front Page: Chinese imports under fire

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Chinese mportscome mder fireas th govqtrDent is consiteringchanges o Australia's adiduopinglNq after the releaie of a report ldtyearby the hoductivity CommissionA groupingof about 50Australianrnanufacturing corapdi6, the liadeReEdiesskforce, argued n its sub,missior to .he PCs inquiry that theexistenc of mechanisms o addrssunfair trading practics wassupportedby the wTo'Australia already has one of thmost oper Ddkeas in the world forindustry products," hetarkforce said"With such an open markeq it isimpsalie that $ ha\some dvice10ensure hat produclsarc not landedin Australia belor the market pricin their own country simplyto capturema*et advarta8here.'Spdaty, the "Australian Made,Auslralian Growr" campai8n isarguin8 hat rhe l@ds haE increasedthe impo.tancof consumersoptiigto 'consciouslybuy locally ina& and

"Our farxns, fishermen, manu-facturers and processorsmake ddsrow soods which are rnownedlorldwide for their innovation, qual,ity, high standardr, and of oourse, rthcase f foodproducts,gral aste,"AMAG chief executivan H&risD"l rcalv ncouiase all Austalians

to 8er behind our local busiDsss,pro(fuclls and f.llrw {orkqs by buy-iD8Australia.nflade andgrown plod-ucts. ibuwill lot of,ly be buyin88reatproducts;)u wiil be supporting our

Frflr p.g. Iundr World liade Organisationrules. Durnped" soodsde defined asthre that are sold on export markeisfor prics that have been unfairlyreduced by dired subsidies or byother measures dended to cut theirpdce below that of similar, locally

Action against dunping can onlybe takn by the federal 8ormment,which \tould have o legislate o pre-ltna the lo,r'{ost imports. China, orany othei coun1ry of origiD of_dumped" goods, would b fr@ totake a dispute to the WTo to havsuch neasures declded ille8al undetSo fa. ibGillard govrnnent hasstrongly Histed usinS he antidump,ing ruls o blockforeig imports. In a

speech in India ysterday liadeMiDister Crai8 Emerson stronglyargled for turahq trade iberalisationand aSainst aDy esort to piolection-istrLHwill attnd a metiDg of keytrade ninistds in Davos, Switz-e an4 later this weet, airnd arrevMng tbe stalled Doha fre+tradeneSotiationso headoff risirg SlobalThe AWU will launch ts cupaisDat its nanoDalcode.mce next month-The gatherirg witl be addressed yhime Minislr Julia Gitldd. who

relied on the union s support to helpher take he p.iDe ministership fromKvin Rudd Theunion will commis,sion .eports on inftrior workplacesafery and sorrerj rights at najor

Th. AWU ll cflmfttion ..poft or forld.co..i4 nd lort6r!' iislrts.tmarorCl r.!o producorst !r.C, d||niniun .ndsla.

grorrs,econonyIn a jAMAG remo blMade kaTbe Awtralia" cnationalidd willdirect lobthe unioin!stigaChineseThe cupolling bsp.ead i"this th.estrong su

eral go!Mr Howopoiled fropposedprincipleTh Aofficial trsister unSteelworChina wcleannthe mdufaUS bincreasiDallegdlylactics aBa.ackOto take thwith thr

what aie claimed to be cheaper orinfqiorrtualiiy 8oods.Aushaliu food industriesand thenajor Australian retailers haverecently aunchedcanpaigns to pushthe 8o\rnment to help to k@p otngoods considred to be unfai8undenrining Austatim producers.A recent dcision to allow theiDport of Chinese apples - and toxtend &e tiade to Nw Z.alandapples- cau$d outsaseamong rungroweft which, significartly, has wonsupport rom tlle Nationals andraisdquBtions about tbstrn8th of theopposition's coEnitmnt to frellade. ThAWUS cupaisn come!

Chineseproducersof ste, aluinitr-ium ard Slass to strengthen itsarSumert Iifi the govemment tointroduce antidumping measuresacrcssa widranseotindustris."WIED lorkers are told about hwthe Vibrld Trade Orsanisation rule,arbent, and cheated 4 theyquicklyunderstand hal the failure to piewntil lsal radedumpingwill causeoblo*ses and further nanufactudngsector shutdcans," ASU natioralsecretaryPaul Ho$ts sai!Thcampai$ oomes mid gro'{in8presure from other lectors of theconony for the Cillard sowrrimentto move to protct local jobs from