News Analysis
Beijing’s escalation of tariffs on Canadian agricultural products has prompted prominent voices such as Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to push Ottawa to drop its tariffs on Chinese EVs.
The argument is that Ottawa’s tariffs primarily benefit the central Canada-based EV sector, while Western farmers bear the cost of China’s retaliation, including its recent 75.8 percent tariffs on Canadian canola. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has noted that China understands “divisions” in Canada and that it uses targeted tariffs to divide the country to Beijing’s advantage.
But Canada and other Western countries should be careful not to lose sight of the Chinese Communist Party’s generational targeted plans to dominate strategic sectors and make other countries dependent on it, warns Sheng Xue, a Chinese Canadian author and democracy activist….