Opinion

Here's a critical fact: China doesn't need our trade

Nicholas Stuart
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:47am, first published November 16 2020 - 4:30am
The Australia-China trade relationship is not as equal as we like to tell ourselves. Picture: Shutterstock
The Australia-China trade relationship is not as equal as we like to tell ourselves. Picture: Shutterstock

Scott Morrison plays politics like a rugby player. He has only one objective, his opponent's try line, and everything is focused on the current play. He batters relentlessly forward, swerving now, then battering his way forward, pushing ahead until what's at stake, the bigger issues and the complexities of the problems government faces, dissolve into binaries: yes or no, win or lose.

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Nicholas Stuart

Nicholas Stuart is a Canberra writer.

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