{"id":82933,"date":"2025-08-13T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/?p=82933"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:19:37","slug":"statement-from-the-canada-china-business-council-ccbc-on-chinas-preliminary-duty-on-canadian-canola-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/ccbc-update\/statement-from-the-canada-china-business-council-ccbc-on-chinas-preliminary-duty-on-canadian-canola-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from the Canada China Business Council (CCBC) on China\u2019s Preliminary Duty on Canadian Canola Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled_on=\u00a0\u00bboff|off|off\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; background_image=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/ccbc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hero-single-event-1.jpg\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb||75px|\u00a0\u00bb z_index_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb500&Prime; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb0px\u00a0\u00bb box_shadow_vertical_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb0px\u00a0\u00bb box_shadow_blur_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb40px\u00a0\u00bb box_shadow_spread_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb0px\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title author=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb comments=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb featured_image=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb disabled_on=\u00a0\u00bboff|off|\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb50px|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][et_pb_fullwidth_code disabled_on=\u00a0\u00bbon|on|on\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.20.2&Prime; z_index_tablet=\u00a0\u00bb500&Prime; disabled=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb]<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->        <center><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"author\"><i>By <font color=\"#ffffff\">H.E. 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China is the largest export market for Canadian canola seed, representing 67% of total canola seed exports, valued at approximately $4 billion in 2024. The Canadian canola industry supports 207,000 jobs\u00a0across the country. The preliminary duties announced will significantly harm Canada\u2019s canola industry, with our hard-working Canadian farmers\u2014particularly in Western Canada\u2014bearing the brunt of the impact.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">During the recent call between Prime Minister Carney\u00a0and Premier Li Qiang, the two leaders agreed to regularize high-level engagements and communications between the two governments, and to reconvene the Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETC)\u00a0to address outstanding trade issues.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">We strongly urge both governments to engage in constructive and meaningful negotiations at the highest levels to resolve outstanding bilateral trade issues, remove the imposed tariffs and counter-tariffs, and establish mechanisms to prevent similar escalations in the future. A mutual stand-down should be pursued to restore stability and predictability in the trade relationship.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">CCBC remains committed to supporting Canadian businesses through these challenges and advocating for policies that foster stable, mutually beneficial Canada\u2013China trade relations.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">For media inquiries, please contact <a href=\"mailto:communications@ccbc.com\">communications@ccbc.com<\/a><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 12, 2025, China announced a preliminary duty of 75.8%\u00a0on Canadian canola imports, effective August 14, 2025. \u00a0 CCBC has consistently maintained that tariffs and counter-tariffs harm businesses and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1687,"featured_media":82951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ccbc-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1687"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82944,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82933\/revisions\/82944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccbc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}