the statement by Minister David Littleproud that there is no trade war with China, the world's second biggest economy and Australia's largest trading partner, despite it slapping punitive tariffs on imports of Australian barley is noted and welcome.
nothing useful could possibly come for Australia if it adopted such a tit for tat approach. Any satisfaction gained would exist only in the minds of its advocates. China has shown in recent years it will respond to such provocations.
this is what happens when Australia foolishly does the bidding of the orange comic book character Disinfectant Donald, who at some point realized the complete mess he had made of America's response to the CV pandemic and how this could damage his prospects for a second term started casting around for diversions.
attacking China about the CV pandemic was a good place to start for Disinfectant Donald, whose friend, the hollow happy clapping Australian PM, echoed his call for for an inquiry.
seriously, could anyone imagine that there wasn't going to be an inquiry into how CV happened.
Scotty from marketing's eagerness to get a pat on the head from Disinfectant has brought unfortunate consequences.
