It Won't End At Canola: Canada Shouldn't Underestimate China's Trade Aggression

By Chauncey Jung, Freelance writer on Canadian and international affairs

The emerging crisis on canola may just be the start of an aggressive trade penalty scheme.

Canola seed from a farm near Cremona, Alta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

While Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case may take months, even years, to settle, it took less than a month for China to strike a multibillion-dollar blow to Canadian canola exports. On Wednesday, China suspended the licence of yet another major Canadian canola exporting company — Regina, Ont.-based Viterra — approximately one month after revoking that of a first.

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