Beijing’s ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa.
China's Ambassador-designate to Canada Wang Di presents his credentials to Governor General Mary Simon during ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
His comments came just days after China imposed a 100-per-cent tariff on Canadian canola and a 25 per cent levy on pork. “We believe that when one country is developing relations with another country, it should be beneficial and helpful to the relations of all countries among the international community, instead of sacrificing other countries' interests,” Wang said.
Canada has since restricted Huawei from its 5G network, banned university collaboration with agencies that Ottawa links to the Chinese military. The federal government branded China “an increasingly disruptive global power” in late 2022, with “interests and values that increasingly depart from ours.”
A trade deal with China might not even be possible, due to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement that Trump negotiated in his first term. He noted political trends and technological advances are making trade deals increasingly difficult to sign.Yet University of Toronto political scientist Lynette Ong urges caution in boosting trade with China, whom she said has weaponized its trading relations to extract political gains, particularly in Beijing’s 2019 restrictions on canola imports.
Wang insists that China is against economic coercion, and argues unilateral tariffs undermine the global economy. Wang said that since then, Ottawa and Beijing have taken steps to find common ground, and collaborate on various initiatives. But he said “groundless accusations” of foreign interference and questioning Chinese sovereignty hurt this progress.
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