And on China’s blocking Canadian canola imports, he considers the matter closed. Since Meng’s arrest, China has detained two Canadians on allegations of endangering the country’s national security, sentenced two Canadians to death for drug-related convictions and rejected important agricultural shipments. China has been a huge market for Canadian canola seed, which is crushed to make cooking oil. The country imported $2.7 billion worth of Canadian canola seed last year, and any drawn-out blockage will hurt farmers, the industry and the national economy. Lu said Chinese officials investigated the Canadian canola “based on regulations and science principles.”“The Chinese side provided concrete documents about the investigation,” he said.

Source: National Post June 05, 2019 00:22 UTC