CANBERRA: Australia’s Senate may hold an inquiry as early as next week to scrutinise investments by Chinese state-owned companies after Aluminum Corp of China’s bid for a stake in Rio Tinto Group.
“This is an economic question about giving another government a stake in Australian resources, our biggest wealth generator,” Opposition National’s Senator Barnaby Joyce said in a phone interview from St George in Queensland state.
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