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Do you need to quarantine the Stern Hu issue in favour of protecting Australia’s trade with China?

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Do you need to quarantine the Stern Hu issue in favour of protecting Australia’s trade with China?

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Minister Crean: No, not at all. I am saying that we can walk and chew gum. I don’t understand why you would think that one is going to have so much impact on the other that everything stops until one is settled. I don’t. I do believe that the Hu Stern issue does have to be addressed. It is a consular issue case. It is an Australian citizen arrested in a foreign country. We have to deal with those every day of the week, in every country in the world. That is what we have a series of diplomatic posts around the world for. It also means understanding the law in the country in which the people are operating, and it also means trying to get a better understanding of the processing of that law. They are the issues that are problematic at the moment, but they can be addressed. They can be addressed with good will and persistence. But why does that mean that you should stop the other important part of the relationship, which is furthering the economic relationship? Last week, in the middle of

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