'No longer necessary', China drops tariffs on Australian wine after three years of economic coercion

Producers welcomed putting Australian wine back on Chinese dining tables but said they would be focussing on diversifying their exports and selling more at home.

Beijing has lifted retaliatory duties worth over 200 per cent that it imposed on Australian wine after former prime minister Scott Morrison called for an inquiry into the origins of Covid.

The wine industry’s annual value fell by around $1 billion as a result of the economic coercion which lasted more than three years.

The reprieve had been long expecte…