Increasingly concerned exporters of wine, seafood, sugar, coal, copper, barley / rice jelly and timber have braced themselves for sudden bans on their products, blocking access to Chinese consumers.
Concern has increased in recent days [[6 Nov]] after the threat of export was reported in Chinese state media.
But the Chinese government has dismissed talk of the trade standoff as just a rumor.
The standoff is another challenge for Australian exporters during a global pandemic that has alienated the country from its neighbors.
