SYDNEY: A one-sided trade war has been gathering momentum between China and Australia, ever since Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an “independent” international investigation of the origins of Covid-19, which infuriated China.

China is Australia’s biggest trading partner with two-way trade worth A$235 billion in financial year 2018-19, which amounts to 26 percent of Australia’s total trade.

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