“It’s our expectation that they do act tactfully in a way that enables Canadian prosperity, and in our sector, that means trading with China,’’ Brian Innes, president of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, said by phone Thursday. Canada’s government is facing a new level of pressure related to trade tension between China and the U.S., and shouldn’t add to any “political theatre,” Innes said. Canada’s shipments of farm products and natural resources made up more than half of its $21.8 billion of shipments to China last year. So far members haven’t reported any new trade restrictions from China, and CAFTA isn’t warning people to avoid travel there, Innes said. “Uncertainty will be caused by politics, but the need to eat isn’t affected by politics,’’ he said.

Source: thestar December 13, 2018 19:18 UTC