Businesses Need to Ensure Supply Chains Free From Chinese Goods: Former Prime Minister

Businesses Need to Ensure Supply Chains Free From Chinese Goods: Former Prime Minister
Tony Abbott addresses media at Parliament House in Canberra on Sept. 15, 2015. Stefan Postles/Getty Images
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Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called on business leaders not to focus on short-term gains but instead, work towards minimising Beijing’s influence on Australian supply chains.

In a speech to Policy Exchange, a right-leaning think tank in the United Kingdom, the former prime minister also conceded that his government was too naïve in its dealings with Beijing in 2014, when the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement was signed.

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