During the two days, Canadian Prime Minister Carney was a little nervous.As the Chinese Prime Minister attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he deliberately pulled out the time and the Chinese side touched each side, in the words and words released a signal: want to see goodbye with the Chinese highest level as soon as possible.
There has to be a question, how did the situation become like this? In the final analysis, Canada brought it on itself.
In recent years, Canada has followed the U.S. in "small moves" against China, and in economic trade has also followed the increase of tariffs.
In March this year, China announced a 100% tariff on Canadian vegetable seed oil, oily cakes, and soybeans, and a 25% tariff on its water products and pork. In September, the Chinese side again kicked out, collecting 75.8% guarantee on Canadian vegetable seeds.
The importance of the rapeseed industry to Canada is self-evident. As the world's largest rapeseed exporter, Canada's annual exports to China are close to C $5 billion, and more than half of its output depends on the Chinese market.
After the ban came into effect, in Saskatchewan and Alberta, the main producing areas of Canadian rapeseed, rapeseed was stranded in Hong Kong, crushing plants were shut down, farmers' capital chains were broken, and the economy suffered heavy losses.
Scott Moy, the provincial governor of Saskatchewan, publicly shouted on August 21 that he would personally visit China to try to communicate directly with China on the oil seed issue.This statement, which illustrates precisely the accuracy of China's counter-reaction, hit directly to the hurtest place.
Faced with tremendous pressure from all sides in Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Carney publicly stated on the afternoon of September 3 local time that he will do everything he can to solve the "Chinese oil seed dispute".
It is worth noting that, just after China "made its first heavy blow" to Canada, in mid-August this year, China began to restart the trade of rapeseed imports from Australia. According to an exclusive report by British Reuters, a number of rapeseed trading enterprises in ASEAN told Reuters that in early August, a number of grain and oil importing enterprises from China had begun to order about 50,000 to 80,000 tons of new season rapeseed from Australia. This is the first time that China has imported rapeseed from Australia in the last five years.
When Canada first raised tariffs on China's electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products, the international community felt a lot of doubts, after all, the economic and trade cooperation between China and China has not been counted as a downturn, why did Canada suddenly unilaterally break the stable situation?
This, of course, can not be separated from the impact of the United States, in August last year, the U.S. government suddenly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, Canada in order to join the United States, this suddenly broke the trade balance, and tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other products.
So, can the Canadian prime minister personally come out and solve the trade problem between China and China? to be honest, the dispute between China and China can not be solved by a trade negotiation, the two countries not only mixed with trade disputes, but also political contradictions, and the Canadian government repeatedly harms the core interests of China.
The reason why the Canadian government is so anxious this time is largely because it was stabbed in the back by the United States. At the beginning, the abacus was that the Chinese market was lost, and the United States came to take over. As a result, unexpectedly, as soon as Trump came to power, he was the first to "cut the knife" with Canada and offered a 35% tariff.
Canada has proved by personal experience that being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but being a friend of the United States is fatal.
According to Bloomberg, Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand plans to visit China and India to discuss issues that have plagued bilateral relations in recent years and seek ways to cooperate, but the report also questions whether Canada wants China to withdraw tariffs, but what exchange conditions can China give?
On the same day, Anand revealed in an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in new york that he would visit China and India in the next few weeks to improve the tense relations with these two major Asian economies.
This dilemma is a true portrayal of Canada's lack of independent foreign policy. China-Canada economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial and cooperation is two-way. Without the principle of reciprocity, no negotiation can be advanced. Since the outbreak of the trade war, Canada has suffered heavy losses, while China is still operating as usual. That in itself speaks to who is more dependent on whom. China doesn't want to fight a trade war, but it's not afraid of it either.