Handling Canada-China relations in an age of weaponized supply chains

If Canada wants to remain a G7 economy, it must approach economic relations with China through the lens of strategic caution, not short-term commercial convenience.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left and Chinese President Xi Jinping. We have entered a new era where trade, technology, and security are fused—and leverage is the currency of power, writes Vina Nadjibulla. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY VINA NADJIBULLA

October 16, 2025

Last week, China’s ambassador to Canada bluntly declared that Beijing would lift its tariffs on Canadian canola if Ottawa removed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. What was once coercion by stealth is now coercion in plain sight. The message was no surprise—everyone ...

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