the leadership of Tony Abbott and Xi Jinping, into negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries. On Tony Abbott’s April 2014 visit to Beijing, there were encouraging signs that an agreement could be reached before the end of 2014. There have been roadblocks in the past such as Chinese agricultural tariffs and it remains to be seen if both sides can navigate these, but there is more political momentum in an Australia-China FTA than in the recent past.