Will we have something big to celebrate with China by 2020?

The issue of the future Canada-China relationship comes at a critical time, as Canada urgently seeks ways to reduce its economic dependence on the U.S. by diversifying its trade and investment partners.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sept. 21, 2016, on the Hill. Has the Trudeau government blown its highly ambitious 2016 initiative to launch a new relationship with China? Certainly in Beijing, the Chinese leadership must wonder whether it is worth devoting much additional time on Canada, given the Trudeau government’s hot-and-cold pursuit of a free trade agreement and other mixed signals, writes David Crane. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 12, 2018

TORONTO—Has the Trudeau government blown its highly ambitious 2016 initiative to launch a new relationship with China? Certainly in Beijing, the Chinese leadership must wonder whether it is worth devoting much additional time on Canada, given the Trudeau government’s hot-and-cold pursuit of a fr...

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