With no cards to play against China, Canada has launched a full-court press in Washington — with meagre results
OTTAWA — Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive.
With no cards to play against China without risking significant economic damage, Canada has launched a full-court press in Washington, which is negotiating its own trade deal with Beijing.“It’s a very challenging situation. When we raise it with the Americans they just say, ‘Dealing with the Chinese is tough’,” said a Canadian government source.
Canada says the United States is obliged to help, given that the U.S. arrest warrant triggered the crisis with Beijing. “How do you go to canola farmers and relatives of the two and say ‘Well, actually, notwithstanding all of this, we’re going to try and do whatever we can to help?’” he said. Relations between Trump and Trudeau are formal at best. Officials in Ottawa have not forgotten that the president blew up last year’s Group of Seven summit in Canada by describing Trudeau as very dishonest and weak.
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