Carney, reaching trade deal with China, says country is more predictable than U.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/canada-china-electric-vehicles-canola-trade-deal-carney-xi-9.7048058

16 Comments

  1. Their ambitions to invade democratic Taiwan is certainly predictable.

    What will Mr. Carney say then? 🤔

  2. JohnDorian0506 on

    Last time I checked Canada had a surplus in trade with the United States and increasing trade deficit with China. Predictable or not I don’t think China wants to buy value added manufactured goods from Canada.

  3. the_sound_of_a_cork on

    This is a dumb take. Trump is unpredictable, but the U.S. has been, for decades, a predictable and reliable partner and it will likely continue to do so for decades to come. The U.S. is more than Trump. China is an adversary and has a value system that is incompatible with the West.

  4. Deadly-Unicorn on

    >The deal allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market. In return, Ottawa expects Beijing to drop canola seed duties to 15 per cent by March.

    Whoooaaaaa now the dealerships trying to offload overpriced EVs will definitely give me a discount!

  5. Let’s hope China never invades Taiwan and puts us in a situation of either abandoning Taiwan or suffering because our economic dependence on China