Giving China a 'free ride' while we 'handicap our economy' is 'gobsmacking in its naivety'

Qld LNP Senator Matt Canavan says it is just "gobsmacking in its naivety" to allow China to have a "free ride" while Australia and other countries handicap their own economies and industries.

"China is playing the west off a break here and everybody can see it seemingly, except the US administration and European governments," he said.

"To demand that we and other countries handicap our own economies, handicap our own industries, destroy our own jobs, and give China - and other countries - a free ride is just gobsmacking in its naivety," he said.

"We've seen this show play out in trade. We let China join the World Trade Organization, they haven't abided by the rules - they've continued to massively subsidise their own industry against those rules. They've stolen jobs and industries from the west.

"They produced 58 per cent of the world's steel last year on the back of Chinese government subsidies and we continue to let them get away with it."

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