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-"Thislast12monthshasbeenarecordyearfortradebetweenAustraliaandChina.Wethinkwecandobetter,"Farrellsaid.
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-FarrellsaidChina"sboomingtourismandconsumptionduringtheMayDayholidaywas"verygoodnewsforAustraliaandtheworld."
BEIJING,May15(Xinhua)--"Australiadoesn"twanttodecouplefromChina.WhatAustraliawantstodoistoimproveourtradingrelationshipwithChina,"saidAustralianTradeMinisterDonFarrellduringanexclusiveinterviewwithXinhuarecently.
FarrellisthefirstAustraliantradeministertohavevisitedChinainfouryears.HeandChineseMinisterofCommerceWangWentaoco-hostedonFridaythe16thJointMinisterialEconomicCommissionhereinBeijing.
China"sMinisterofCommerceWangWentaoco-chairsthe16thChina-AustraliaJointMinisterialEconomicCommissionwithvisitingAustralianTradeMinisterDonFarrellinBeijing,capitalofChina,May12,2023.(Xinhua/ZhangYuwei)
TheAustraliangovernmentforecastedthenation"sfirstannualbudgetsurplusin15yearsonTuesday.Farrellsaidoneofthereasonsisthe"termsoftradethatwehavereceivedoverthelast12months."
ChinaisAustralia"slargesttradingpartnerandAustraliaisoneofChina"smajorsuppliersofcommodities.SeveralAustralianenterprisesandassociationshaverecentlyconfirmedtheirparticipationinthe6thChinaInternationalImportExpo.
"Thislast12monthshasbeenarecordyearfortradebetweenAustraliaandChina.Wethinkwecandobetter,"Farrellsaid.
FarrellsaidChina"sboomingtourismandconsumptionduringtheMayDayholidaywas"verygoodnewsforAustraliaandtheworld."
"We"reveryhopefulandconfidentthatthewonderfulplacesAustraliahastoofferwillattractlotsofChinesetourists,"Farrellsaid,addingthatChinesepeoplelovecomingtoSydneytoseetheHarborBridge,theOperaHouseandhaveatasteofthefoodandwine.
AsAustraliahasrealizedtheimportanceofdecarbonizingtheeconomy,FarrellsaidthecountryislookingforwardtocooperatingwithChinainrenewableenergy.
"Webelievethatwecanprovidetheworldwithcleanenergyintothefuture.AndweverymuchlookforwardtoworkingwithChinatobringthatabout,"theministersaid.
