Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade, Senator Faulkner. Is the minister aware of reports that China’s biggest steelmaker, Baosteel, will reduce production by one million tonnes—that is, by 10 per cent—over the next quarter? What impact will this and production cutbacks by other Chinese steel mills have on Australian iron ore exporters, Australian export earnings and Australian jobs?