As Ottawa prepares to host the Chinese foreign minister to boost Canada-China ties, Taiwan’s representative in Canada is calling on MPs to increase trade with the island nation.
Harry Tseng, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, told MPs on the House of Commons international trade committee that bilateral trade between Canada and Taiwan, when compared to each other’s total global trade, is “remarkably low.”
Tseng made the comments while appearing before the committee on May 26 as part of its study on Canada-Taiwan trade cooperation.
He noted that Taiwan’s foreign trade reached a record high last year, at approximately US$1.1 trillion, while Canada’s total trade remained “highly robust” at approximately US$1.2 trillion….