China announced reprisals on Saturday price on a Canadian farm and food Imports, after Canada imposed rights in October on Chinese manufacturing vehicles and steel and aluminum products.
The new functions take into force on March 20, according to a declaration by the Customs Tariff Commission of the Council of State. 100% additional prices will be taxed on Canadian colse oil, petroleum cakes and peas, and additional 25% prices will apply to pork and aquatic products.
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The prices are added to global trade tensions already high, with cycles of pricing announcements from the United States, ChinaCanada and Mexico.
The rights are in retaliation for Ottawa imposing prices for Chinese imports in October, including 100% surcharge on all Chinese manufacturing vehicles and 25% on imports of steel and aluminum.
“Despite the repeated opposition and deterrent of China, Canada has taken unilateral restrictive measures on electric vehicles, steel, aluminum and other products imported from China without investigation, undergoing economic and commercial relations of China-Canada,” said the declaration of customs authorities.
The decision to impose reprisal tasks comes after an “anti-discrimination investigation, which discovered that Canada’s restrictive measures against certain Chinese products have disrupted the normal commercial order to the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies,” he added.
Canada announced prices on Chinese products last August as a result of similar tasks imposed by the United States and the European Union against Chinese manufacturing vehicles and other products. Western governments claim that China’s subsidies offer its industry an unjust advantage.
& Copy 2025 the Canadian press