What Now?

Canola is a major part of the agriculture industry: In 2018, Canada exported nearly $12 billion worth of canola – about 1.5 times the amount of seafood exported in the same time period. [...] But beyond the threat to the industry – which delivers Canada’s China- $26.7 billion in jobs, spending and other economic impacts to the Canadian economy – there are implications, both political Canola Challenge and economic, for the overall Canada-China relationship. [...] Policy Analyst Canada West Foundation Recommendation Sarah Pittman is a policy analyst at the Canada There is no silver bullet to end the canola dispute, or solve West Foundation and the author of the China Canada’s broader economic and political vulnerability when Brief, a compilation of stories and links related to it comes to China. [...] China is the world’s largest country and the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil7 – if Canada Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet to the problem of wants to continue sell vast quantities of canola, it will Canada’s canola vulnerability. [...] The Government of Canada has already announced its Canada sells a lot of canola, but only sells significant intentions to send a technical delegation to China to discuss amounts to a few countries.