The federal government is being warned that its relationship with the United States could be in jeopardy if Canada engages in free trade talks with China. "President Trump has made it very clear he has an antagonistic view of China," Moore told reporters following a panel discussion on NAFTA in Ottawa. "One in five Canadian jobs is dependent on trade with the United States … don't jeopardize that by saying to the Americans that a free trade agreement with China is about to happen, and ruin our reputational equity with the administration. Canada and China have completed four rounds of exploratory free trade talks. The Liberal government has not said if those talks were successful, and if it wants to graduate to formal free trade talks.

Source: CBC News October 27, 2017 09:00 UTC