China suspends Australian beef imports as public spat over coronavirus origin heats up

China has backed up its threat of economic retaliation against Australia, suspending beef imports from four of the country’s largest meat processors as ties between the trading partners sour following a dispute over the origin of the novel coronavirus. China has backed up its threat of economic retaliation against Australia, suspending beef imports from four of the country’s largest meat processors as ties between the trading partners sour following a dispute over the origin of the novel coronavirus. Read MoreRR INDEPENDENT / RR PATRIOTS’s China Board