Ottawa says the Canadian trade delegation that visited China earlier this month to discuss canola tariffs and other trade issues held productive meetings with Chinese officials and stakeholders.
The delegation, which included the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary Kody Blois and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, visited China from Sept. 6 to 9 with the primary goal of addressing the ongoing canola trade dispute. China last month imposed 75.8 percent temporary tariffs on Canadian canola on top of levies it had slapped on canola-related products earlier this year.
During the visit, Blois met with Ma Zhaoxu, China’s executive vice minister for foreign affairs, Li Chenggang, vice minister of commerce, and other Chinese officials to “discuss pathways to resolve existing trade irritants,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a Sept. 12 statement….