Bravo! China changes iron ore import rules

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Via the AFR comes a huge laugh out loud:

China has changed its inspection procedures for iron imports under new rules that analysts say could be used to block Australia’s most important export, as trade tensions between the two countries escalate.

China’s Customs authorities said in a notice the new supervising rules, which take effect on June 1, mean customs officials would inspect iron ore at the request of the trader or importer.

Bring it on. If they want to drive the price to $500 per tonne then let ’em!

We can buy a US cruise missile capability with the dough and point it at Beijing!

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.