The world is such a big place. Why can’t we explore trade with middle powers instead of moving from dependency on one superpower to another?
Cause most of them have moved their manufacturing to China and people live on and care about real goods, and a lot of those (or the inputs to manufacture) come from China. We can do all the middle power trade we want, so long as the real goods come from China, we’re swapping one markup centre for another.
I tried to buy window cleaning tools (Unger) from a middle power the other day after reading they’re supposed to be made in Germany. Package arrived and nope - Made in China. Unger only collected margin in Germany.
Canada must go with Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and other like-minded states. China isn’t a reliable partner as we have seen in the past.
Why not S.Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan. What’s the fixation with China?
Literally the 2nd paragraph:
Eby said this trip, among others to Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, is part of a provincial goal to double international trade in the next decade.
Also the federal government has been cooking up trade deals with basically all of those and more. I believe we also have a potential upcoming agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc.
Just because the article mentions China doesn’t mean that they are our exclusive trade partner.
All states have huge and rising trade deficits with China (the few exceptions are low-income countries from which China imports commodities). If Canada wants reliable and stable ties with mutual benefits, China is unfortunately the wrong partner.
