China is strategically exploiting the trade divide between Canada and the United States to sow division between the two countries with the goal of dividing North America, an expert on Asia and China–U.S. relations says.
The idea is not a new one, Alberta-born professor Stephen R. Nagy says. A Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment from July 2021 said that China sees Canada as a “high-priority” target for foreign interference.
Now, the analyst is cautioning that Ottawa needs to prepare in the coming weeks for a focused campaign of Chinese “cognitive warfare” meant to exploit national anxieties related to the unsuccessful trade deal….