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Originally Posted by Louwai
I agree Mark,
I have been in the office of manufacturers in China.
As soon as they hear I'm from Australia they are not interested.
their comment -
"Australia has a small population, not a big enough market. We are not interested in your business".
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Problem with that, Bryan, is that although Australia may have a small population, we're the world's 13-14th largest economy. We are not minnows, not by a long way and if we were to get narky about it, we could cause quite a few countries any amount of hurt. China would be in the proverbial outhouse if we decided not to trade with them. There are plenty of ready markets for our raw materials. We'd just go elsewhere. You may find that they say what they said to your face, but behind the scenes, they'd be interested. Money's money and if they can make a quick buck they'll sell anywhere they need to. Small market or not. If we weren't a big enough market to sell to, then we'd have hardly anything coming to this country.