China suspends imports from four Australian abattoirs as ties sour trade

SYDNEY (Reuters) - China has suspended imports from four large Australian meat processors, Australia's Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham said on Tuesday, as sour bilateral ties threaten to disrupt the trade of several key agricultural commodities. Birmingham said in a statement that Kilcoy Pastoral Company, JBS's Beef City and Dinmore plants, and the Northern Cooperative Meat Company have been banned from exporting beef to China due to issues with labelling. "Thousands of jobs relate to these..