Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Canadian China Business Council in Shanghai on Thursday.
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Trudeau said he raised the highly-publicized case of Kevin Garratt, a Canadian detained in China for more than two years on espionage charges, in his meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang this week.
That is probably what has prompted Trudeau to start his China trip, which he believed would create new opportunities for his country’s businesses and sluggish economy.
“China is willing to further deepen China-Canada ties, and make joint efforts with other G20 members to build a better future for the world economy”, Chinese Ambassador to Canada Luo Zhaohui said.
China actually owns 10 per cent of the Northern Gateway Pipeline, and we know what Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s principal secretary, thinks about that.
The Canadian government will open seven additional visa application centres in China to help serve a growing number of Chinese tourists who are crossing the Pacific to explore Canada.
Speaking to an elite business crowd in Shanghai, the prime minister delivered a strong public criticism of China’s record on freedom of expression and human rights.
During his visit in China, Trudeau has met with the National People’s Congress chairperson Zhang Dejiang at the Great Hall of the People.
“I highlighted with the Chinese leadership our concerns around rule of law and desire for de-escalation of tensions and peaceful resolution in the South China Sea”, he said.
He said both countries agreed to expand trade and investments in energy, clean technology and agriculture as well as improve people-to-people ties such as tourism and cultural exchanges.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Hangzhou to attend the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, capital city of east China’s Zhejiang Province, Sept. 3, 2016. The first Chinese yuan clearing center in North America was launched in Toronto previous year. The famous tourist destination set the backdrop for Trudeau’s announcement that the two countries would collaborate on the development of China’s national parks.
China’s total investment in Canada hit 58.3 billion dollars a year ago.
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Canada is committed to reaching a long-term and permanent canola deal with China at an early date, Freeland said. China claims the high level of dockage gas the possible to spread blackleg diseases to crops in the country.
