Ending Canada’s double-front trade war: pragmatism over politics with China

By ending the EV tariffs, Canada can rescue its farmers, reclaim agency in its trade relationships, and refocus on the real battle with the U.S.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. Clinging to EV tariffs that protect no Canadian jobs—while inviting retaliation that threatens $5-billion in canola exports and 40,000 farm livelihoods—is economic suicide, writes Wenran Jiang.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WENRAN JIANG

August 20, 2025

Canada finds itself in an unsustainable position: trapped between an escalating trade war with its nearest neighbour and a self-inflicted economic conflict with its second-largest trading partner.

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