Australia will look to advance talks on several crucial trade deals when G20 ministers meet in India.
Trade and investment ministers from the world's largest economies will meet in Jaipur this week, a precursor to the G20 leaders' summit being held next month in New Delhi.
Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres said he would seek to make inroads with Chinese counterparts to ease trade tariffs on Australian products such as wine and lobsters when he flies out for India on Wednesday.
"I wouldn't describe (the approach) as gently, gently. Australia has been engaged in a a calm and consistent and methodical way to get through these trade impediments," he told AAP ahead of the visit.
"Yes, the trade impediments are bad for Australian exporters and they're also bad for Chinese consumers and supply chains in the Chinese economy."
China recently removed its tariffs on Australian barley following a three-year long trade dispute.
The lifting of the tariffs had given hope that bans on other Australian products could follow suit.
Senator Ayres said while no one-on-one talks with his Chinese counterpart had been locked in, meetings would take place should the opportunity emerge on the sidelines of the summit.
"It's been a welcome development to have the tariffs removed on Australian barley and that's going to make a contribution to the manufacturing of Chinese beer," he said.
"High quality barley getting to China is a good development for both countries."
The assistant minister said he would also continue efforts to break an impasse on a free trade deal with the European Union, which has stalled due to geographical indicators for produce such as those on prosecco and feta.
The two sides have been unable to reach an agreement on the deal, despite a round of talks being held last month.
The federal government had previously said it was willing to walk away from the free trade agreement entirely if it was unable to net a good deal for Australian producers.
Senator Ayres said the EU represented a big market opportunity for Australian producers.
"Australia's on the edge of the fastest growing region in human history with reserves of critical minerals, and the EU economy has assessed it as a priority," he said.
"The problem is the agreement has to be balanced and fair.
"We want to see the agreement concluded and we will keep pressing, but it's got to be an agreement for Australian agriculture as well."
Senator Ayres said the meetings being held in India also represented the opportunity for progress on the free trade agreement with India.
He said he was looking to conclude talks on the comprehensive economic co-operation agreement by the end of the year.
"There's been extraordinary momentum on Indian and Australian economic relations," he said.
