During the talks, the other parties are to be kept abreast of what’s on the table and what’s not. “Article 32 makes us a vassal state,” Chong declared. The 190-member international police agency Interpol learned last month something of the cost of treating China as though it were a normal country. Despite Article 32, Prime Minister Trudeau has insisted that Canada will continue to pursue ever-closer trade ties with China. You can’t strike a genuinely “free” trade deal with a wholly unfree country like China.

Source: National Post October 17, 2018 17:03 UTC