Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney has prioritized lifting China’s 100 per cent retaliatory tariffs on Canadian canola oil, peas and seafood.
• Ottawa has opened discussions at the ministerial level with Beijing to negotiate the restoration of duty-free market access.
• Beijing imposed the tariffs after Canada introduced levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel and aluminum.
• Provincial premiers collectively urged an improved trade relationship with China during a meeting in Saskatoon.
• Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe warned that the duties pose a serious threat to the province’s canola sector.