中国对加拿大油菜籽重拳出击，加议员威胁取消中国船厂合同

trade with china is undoubtedly understrain，whether it is the tariffs on our seafood industry，whether it's the fact that china is no longer taking our craft pulp，which is hurting our forest sector。

add to that a 75.8 percent tariff on canadian canola，a crushing blow to five billion dollars in annual trade，absolutely shocked at the decision that they did make that effectively closes out canola going into china。

after the 14th of august，in response the bc conservative leader says bc fairies should scrap its contract with a chinese shipyard for four new vessels，even if it means paying a penalty。

while we're in the situation，where they are intentionally punishing and damaging bc's economy，we should not be rewarding them with a contract to take our jobs from british and build them and have those jobs created in china，he wants the ships built in europe instead。

one economist notes the deal is between bc fairies in china not the province directly and warns using it to escalate a trade dispute could backfire，we are exporting a very small set of output to china in a number of sectors that are quite vulnerable。

as what the input from china is very diversified and so that means china does have significant leverage in that trade relation，bc fairy says the chinese bid was one point two billion dollars cheaper than european offers，and denies claims the process favored cheaper overseas builders。

despite two canadian shipyards then being pre qualified neither chose to formally submit a proposal in a statement bc's agriculture minister sayswe stand with farmers and all canadians impacted by more unfair and harmful tariffs against our goods with respect to for new ships for bc fairies people need the new ships quickly。

we are working to ensure future ships for bc fairies are built here in canada it's been incompetence by this government in terms of how to deal with the trade file a deal worth hundreds of millions pulled into a trade battle worth billions。