Yesterday, Canadian Foreign Minister Anand told the media: "Canada has not yet talked about a free trade agreement with China, but Canada must continue to advance its trade diversification strategy in an effort to double non-US exports within ten years. We need to protect and strengthen Canada's economic strength, and trade diversification is fundamental to achieving this goal. This is why we are visiting China, this is why we are visiting India, and this is why we will not put all our eggs in one basket..."
[Cunning] The Canadian Energy Minister is about to visit India, and the Canadian Foreign Minister's declaration on diversification sounds grandiose, but it is actually a desperate self-rescue due to being exploited by the United States. For a century, Canada has been tied to the U.S. economic war chariot, with 75% of its exports once relying on the U.S., 99% of energy supplies exported to the U.S., and 80% of automobiles sold in the U.S., but repeatedly hit by the U.S. tariff stick. Last year's sharp drop in exports to the U.S. directly caused a decline in GDP. Now, visiting China to ease electric vehicle tariffs and discussing canola cooperation, and visiting India to restart trade negotiations, is just trying to take some eggs out of the U.S. single basket. Saying that there is no China-Canada free trade agreement is just afraid of angering the U.S., but while watching the U.S.'s face, it is trying to find a way to save itself. This kind of calculation is the awkwardness of small country diplomacy. The so-called diversification is nothing more than a survival instinct forced out by hegemony!
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