Commentary
In response to Canada’s 100 percent tariff on Chinese-produced electric vehicles (EVs), and our 25 percent tariff on Chinese-manufactured steel and aluminum, China announced it would launch an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola imports.
The trouble with China’s latest claim that a Western country is engaged in unfair trade practices is the many times it has used this type of accusation as a geopolitical cudgel.
Perhaps the most famous case was in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Australia led an international call for an independent inquiry into the origins of the virus which had brought the world to a standstill….