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China - Australia's export dependence makes Australia very vulnerable

China has in the period 2000-2019, very been an immense opportunity and benefit to the Australian economy but it is now also becoming a risk. China is by a large margin, Australia's dominant trading partner.

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This export dependence has now become a major vulnerability to the Australian economy, particularly since Australia lobbied globally for an international investigation into the source of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2).

Now, China is retaliating/punishing Australia it seems, or as Niall Ferguson puts it - seeking to make an example of Australia.

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