Look to Cuba for how Canada can emerge battered, but intact, from China spat

The answer to our predicament with China lies in adapting elements of strategies that have allowed us to avoid getting crushed by the American elephant.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his first official visit to Cuba in November 2016. Canada’s relationship with the country has been a sore spot for the United States, but the two countries have managed the impasse well, writes Carlo Dade. PMO photograph courtesy of Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY CARLO DADE

February 6, 2019

The news that the U.S. government has finally filed charges to make its case for Canada to extradite a Huawei executive detained in Canada may bring the current situation toward closure, but it will not bring relief for Canada from either the U.S. or China. In the short term, it may even increase o...

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