I fully agree. These are advisories, not warnings, though. Many countries (like Germany) even explicitly said that their new advice does not mean to be a warning. I am not an expert for this, so please just let me know if I am mistaken, but as far as I understand, the Truthout article seems to be accurate in its wording.

Not sure whetver I interpret your comment correctly. But that’s right, if you’re Australian. But this advisory comes from the Canadian government for people travelling with a valid Canadian passport.

You might have (intentionally?) misunderstood the content.

No, because these cheap EVs from China are essentially cheap because of slave-like forced labour.

Zhu Hengpeng, who worked for a Chinese government thinktank for more than 20 years, disappeared a few months ago after making disparaging remarks on China’s economy, including the GDP growth and other metrics. You’ll find ample evidence for this.

Gemini says source of claim is …

Thanks for this. If you don’t have better sources than Gemini, I end this discussion.

Hateful warmongering against China has forced it on a “delete America” program. This is opportunity for Canada. Divisiveness from US is needed instead of evil against China.

Your comments are outright wrong. This is not hateful warmongering, I am offering simple facts. The 5% growth rate in China is most likely wrong. Even one of China’s leading economists recently claimed that growth rates in the country are more around 2% (he has since disappeared).

A lot of China’s EV manufacturers already went bankrupt or ceased production in recent years due to fierce price wars, but the country has still a huge overcapacity, and we see the same pattern in practically all other industries.

(To use your language: just look at the numbers instead of repeating the Chinese propaganda absurdity.)

Extremely shameful and destructive for the lacks of talks between Canada and China. Tariffs were put on with not even a phone call, as Sulivan met with Trudeau one weekend.

Talks between Canada and China have been going on all the time, but China doesn’t appear to listen. The government in Beijing ordered Chinese companies to overproduce -EVs and other products- as they think this is the only way to support their troubled economy. They make decisions in complete disregard of anyone else. I don’t say tariffs or other protectionist measure are a good thing, but a free competitive market only works if everyone plays according to the rules. China doesn’t.

No one wants and needs ‘affordable’ EVs made with slavery-like labour.

China set for rapeseed meal shortage after 100% duty on top supplier Canada

China is likely to face a supply shortage of rapeseed meal by the third quarter of this year as Beijing’s tariffs on shipments from top exporter Canada disrupt trade and as alternative sources are unlikely to make up the deficit […]

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China relies on top grower Canada for more than 70% of its rapeseed meal imports and nearly all of the oilseed imports. Rapeseed is also known as canola […]