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    Trading blows

    May 16, 2021 4 minutes
    JANE CLIFTON

    Are we missing a trick? This country is among those fortunate enough to be edging out of pandemic restrictions, but we seem to be alone in remaining determinedly inwardly focused.

    Australia, in contrast, seems to be doing everything it can to provoke a major conflict with China. With its putative next defence secretary heralding “the drums of war”, it has succeeded in getting its No 1 trading partner to suspend economic relations after a series of punitive export bans costing it billions. Incredibly, this strategy seems popular rather than terrifying.

    As for the UK, faced with a mere protest flotilla from France in its Channel

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