China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will make a just and objective final ruling on its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases against barley from Australia, amid escalating bilateral tensions over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ministry spokesman Gao Feng made the remarks during a weekly online briefing.
China has suspended beef imports from four of Australia's largest meat processors and has proposed an 80% tariff on Australian barley shipments amid souring ties over Australia's call for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic that emerged from China late last year. [nL4N2CV187]
(Reporting by Jing Xu, Stella Qiu and Se Young Lee; editing by Jason Neely)
