[oldel]

Don't blame the gov, they've been tip toeing around for months trying to not talk about China. All politician are spineless that way if they want to survive.

Can't say anything because we export iron ore and gas to them, they're the big ticket items, that's what they're really theatening, not beef, booze, bugs or timber. They really want better deals or to threaten iron ore and gas. They NEED steel and energy, not luxury goods or meat from us.

If you want to change it you have to think like them, not attack them, but punish local businesses for importing Chinese stuff. That's what they're doing - it's hurting their own people and businesses but they don't care. They have power over there people and he isn't going to be voted out

They know any government here can't and won't attack our business, it hurts the local economy in general but especially now after covid recovery and recession. But that's the only way to fight them - we can't, we will roll over no matter who is in charge. We are too weak to fight now after covid. They are acting now because of that, it's the perfect time; not because of comments made by the gov about covid or following trump, but because of the covid recovery, job losses, recession itself we are weak.

This could have been the 'singapore' sars, ie nothing to do with China and nothing said about them, but they still would have acted now because now is the time for them to exert the influence they have - they are the factory of the world, we are mainly dirt farmers and earned nothing, just got lucky with natural resources.