By a staff reporter
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has flagged room for improvement in relations with major trading partner China in an interview with ABC 24.
'We've got a very good relationship with China, but it can be a better one' Mr Robb said.
Mr Robb also said that Australia's relationship with Indonesia was more important than with China.
The comments follow Mr Robb's tour of Asia which included trade talks with China's Commerce Minister in Beijing last week.
According to Mr Robb, China, Japan and Korea have all shown enthusiasm for completing free trade deals with Australia.
'Where there's a political will, there's a way. And I do feel that's there's a political will in both China and certainly here in Australia' Mr Robb said.
Mr Robb pointed to a disposition in the significant developing world for alternatives to intervention to grow their economies.
'These other countries are looking for higher growth than that and sustainable growth and they're starting to see that the best way to do that is to grow trade and grow investment' he told the program.
Mr Robb called for more Chinese investment in Australian agriculture in an interview with Chinese newspaper Economic Daily during his trip.
Agriculture and services are believed to be major sticking points in negotiations with China.
