Canola ban is widely believed to be retaliation for arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou
As China blocks imports of Canadian canola seeds, producers of canola have put a rush on shipments of their product in case they are also targeted by China.
Last week, China’s general administration of customs blocked shipments of canola seeds from Regina-based Viterra Inc. after earlier alleging contamination by “hazardous organisms.” The Canola Council of Canada estimates China’s imports account for 40 per cent of the country’s canola crop worth some $2.7 billion in 2018.
The federal government’s position, to date, has been to contest China’s technical claims on scientific grounds.
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