Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says China is exploiting “divisions” in Canada by responding to Ottawa’s electric vehicle tariffs—which primarily impact industries in Eastern Canada—by imposing tariffs on canola products, which are produced primarily in the West.
“I can only interpret that as the Chinese understand the divisions in our country. They understand that if you’re going to retaliate and create maximum pressure, you do it by pitting one region against the other,” Smith said at a press conference on May 16, in response to a question by The Epoch Times about China’s strategy.
The premier said Ottawa’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles last year in lockstep with the United States’ have led to a targeted move by Beijing, which is imposing a series of levies on food exports from Western provinces….