Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they plan to take to assist Australian exports to the UK, in the light of the government of China's introduction of tariffs on Australian goods in response to the latter's call for an independent inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia is one of our closest allies trading partners – our trading relationship is worth £16.4bn in goods and services (Q2 2019 – Q2 2020). To further improve this key relationship, we are currently negotiating an ambitious and modern Free Trade Agreement. We are monitoring closely the reports of trade restrictions for Australian goods exports to China.