Whether China Buys Coal From Australia Is Now Up to Chinese Companies, Envoy Says

(Bloomberg) — It is up to Chinese companies to decide whether to resume imports of Australian coal, China’s envoy to Australia Xiao Qian said Tuesday.

“As we improve our relationship, as we develop our relationship, we’ll come back to a normal kind of relationship,” Ambassador Xiao said, at a rare press briefing in Canberra.

The buying and selling of coal is a business and it’s up to companies from the two countries to “make their own decisions,” he said.