The “bigger picture” of the Australia-Britain trade agreement is that Australia is “a little bit less dependent on China”

Sky News host Andrew Bolt said that the “big picture” of Australia and the United Kingdom’s announcement of a principled free trade agreement is that Australia “is trying to reduce its dependence on China bit by bit.” “We learned from the bitter lessons how dangerous it is to make China our biggest trading partner. China turns against us. Use it to blackmail us. Obey China, otherwise it will stop buying our wine and our wood. Even our iron ore. One day,” he said. “Prime Minister Scott Morrison made a successful — indeed very successful — trip to the United Kingdom. This is good for Australia, and it is good for democracies around the world. But it’s for China’s dictatorship. The rule is unfavorable.” Morrison has just reached a principled free trade against Britain. Last night, he and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson overcame some final obstacles during a three-hour dinner in London. “Johnson really hopes that this transaction will prove that whatever he has lost due to the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union, he can make up for it through a trade agreement.”