Prime Minister Morrison warned against mentioning the delay in exporting coal to China as a diplomatic tension. Australia has sought China to explain why there is a delay. The coal export unloading time was extended to 40 days, which was nearly twice as long. However, the federal government denied that Dalian Port banned Australian coal. It is speculated that this is Huawei’s ban on retaliation for 5G networks, but Mr. Morrison called for caution on how to characterize this delay. He told reporters in Tasmania on Sunday: “I think the risk of doing this is to cause unnecessary anxiety and worry, especially in our mining and resource industries. From time to time the local port will make some decisions. We said The port only represents a small part of our exports to Chinese ports.” He said that casual conclusions are useless and unnecessary. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham confirmed that he has asked China to explain why some port clearance procedures have increased from 25 days to 40 days.
Labour leader Shawton said he did not want to rush to blame China. He told reporters in Melbourne: “There is a lot of criticism in China in our political debate. If there is government policy, we have to find the root cause, terminate it and change it, but I don’t want to do some sloppy and Attracting eye movements to undermine bilateral trade relations.” Australia exported 8,900 tons of coal to China in 2018, worth 15 billion Australia, almost a quarter of all Australian coal exports.