For that matter we should start building a much tighter relationship with China overall. They may end up being an ally, as strange as it sounds.
That’s sounds indeed strange, and it will never become reality. If and when Canada opts for a ‘tighter relationship’ with China, it will only weakens itself. China will use any leverage to bully its so-called ‘allies’ as it has been doing for decades. Canada won’t be an exemption (China’s tariffs on Canadian canola was a good example for this).
The only option for Canada is a strong diversification of its trade, particularly with democracies in Europe, in the Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere imo.
Canada’s relationship with China has been destroyed by our allegiance to the US and our alignment with their foreign policy and trade policy.
Frankly China is much more predictable and much less of a threat to me than the US, and to be honest I don’t believe any of the standard narratives coming out of the US or any of their treasonous backers.
Which are China’s allies? Literally all trade partners have increasing deficits, economic and political coercion is widespread, transnational repression has been increasing, China’s interference in domestic affairs and election is strong not only in Canada but everywhere. And that’s just a tiny selection of bad examples.
Just name one country that ever benefited from a ‘tight relationship’ with China in the long term?
Which non-Chinese company had ever long-term success in the Chinese domestic market?
Having said that, the choice is not just between the US and China. Canada must diversify its trade away from both the US and China.
That’s sounds indeed strange, and it will never become reality. If and when Canada opts for a ‘tighter relationship’ with China, it will only weakens itself. China will use any leverage to bully its so-called ‘allies’ as it has been doing for decades. Canada won’t be an exemption (China’s tariffs on Canadian canola was a good example for this).
The only option for Canada is a strong diversification of its trade, particularly with democracies in Europe, in the Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere imo.
Canada’s relationship with China has been destroyed by our allegiance to the US and our alignment with their foreign policy and trade policy.
Frankly China is much more predictable and much less of a threat to me than the US, and to be honest I don’t believe any of the standard narratives coming out of the US or any of their treasonous backers.
Which are China’s allies? Literally all trade partners have increasing deficits, economic and political coercion is widespread, transnational repression has been increasing, China’s interference in domestic affairs and election is strong not only in Canada but everywhere. And that’s just a tiny selection of bad examples.
Just name one country that ever benefited from a ‘tight relationship’ with China in the long term?
Which non-Chinese company had ever long-term success in the Chinese domestic market?
Having said that, the choice is not just between the US and China. Canada must diversify its trade away from both the US and China.