News Analysis
As Canada grappled with shifting U.S. tariffs last week, China added to the pressure over the March 8 weekend, slapping new tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products effective later this month.
But the timing of the China tariffs coming only now, several months after Canada put U.S.-matching levies on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and other products last October, doesn’t appear to be just a coincidence.
China’s state-run media CCTV has run commentaries saying that the tariffs are meant to tell Canada not to side with the United States as Washington amps up the pressure on Beijing….