It's very important to make the trade regime more reliable and predictable.
I was surprised, at the start of our latest problems with China, when they put a ban on our exports of canola. Why didn't we go immediately to the World Trade Organization to lodge a complaint? We have to use those mechanisms to push back on China.
I think we are also at the stage where.... As I said, a good first step was the adoption of this declaration to try to prevent hostage-taking in state-to-state relations.
On the trade side, we are at a point where we have to work with allies to try to develop common positions. To give you an example, there are very few countries that export barley, canola, soy or wheat to China. The next time China wants to impose punitive sanctions on Australia, through its barley, Canada and the U.S. should agree they will not increase their exports above their historical share of the Chinese market. That would immediately send a message to China that it no longer has the ability to divide us.
In fact, the EU is in the process of adopting a new anti-coercion instrument. The bipartisan Countering China Economic Coercion Act has been introduced in the U.S. Congress. I think we have to look at concrete examples like this to push back on China.