{"id":208362,"date":"2019-04-04T03:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=208362"},"modified":"2019-04-04T03:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:46:06","slug":"chinese-complaint-to-third-canola-firm-not-a-recent-escalation-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/04\/chinese-complaint-to-third-canola-firm-not-a-recent-escalation-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese complaint to third canola firm not a recent escalation: minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese authorities also issued non-compliance notices to major Canadian canola-seed exporters Richardson International Ltd. and Viterra Inc. in January — and in early March it suspended both companies’ licences to sell canola seed in China. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OTTAWA — A spokesman for federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says China’s move to issue a non-compliance complaint against a third Canadian canola-seed exporter was not a recent escalation of an ongoing trade dispute because the notice was delivered in January.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a parliamentary committee Tuesday, Bibeau told lawmakers she had been informed that a third Canadian canola company had received a non-compliance notification from China over quality concerns with its product.<\/p>\n

Hours later, Bibeau’s spokesman Oliver Anderson said it’s important to add that the non-compliance notice against the third firm — which asked the government not to be identified — should not be viewed as a new intensification of the countries’ feud.<\/p>\n

Chinese authorities also issued non-compliance notices to major Canadian canola-seed exporters Richardson International Ltd. and Viterra Inc. in January — and in early March it suspended both companies’ licences to sell canola seed in China.<\/p>\n

Bibeau said Tuesday that the third company’s licence had not been revoked.<\/p>\n

China’s moves in recent weeks to block Canada’s key canola-seed shipments are widely seen as retaliation for the December arrest of senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver at the behest of the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January, three Canadian companies received notices of non-compliance regarding shipments of canola seed from Canada to China,\u201d Bibeau said in a statement Wednesday. \u201cIn March, China suspended the registration of two of the companies. They have not suspended the registration of the third company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bibeau also said Canadian and Chinese officials are continuing to discuss the matter.<\/p>\n

The Liberal government has insisted it wants to find a scientific solution to the dispute and Bibeau sent a letter to her Chinese counterpart with a request to send a delegation of experts to China to examine the issue.<\/p>\n

The federal Liberals have also established a working group that includes officials from Richardson and Viterra and representatives from the governments of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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