{"id":23424,"date":"2017-04-02T11:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23424"},"modified":"2017-04-02T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T16:45:39","slug":"china-may-import-its-workers-to-canada-as-it-seeks-total-access-to-canadian-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23424","title":{"rendered":"China May Import Its Workers To Canada As It Seeks “Total Access” To Canadian Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

China May Import Its Workers To Canada As It Seeks “Total Access” To Canadian Market<\/a><\/h3>\n
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China\u2019s ambassador to Canada, Lu Shaye, told the Globe and Mail <\/a>that Beijing is seeking full access to Canada\u2019s economy ahead of free trade talks, a move that could result in Chinese state-owned companies bringing their own employees to work on projects in Canada. <\/strong>Charles Burton, an associate political science professor at Brock University, said bringing <\/a>their own workers abroad is \u201cnormal practice\u201d for Chinese companies. \u201cIt\u2019s not as if [the Chinese] would be asking something of Canada that they don\u2019t expect from other countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Canadian and Chinese officials held exploratory talks <\/a>on a free trade deal and another meeting is set to take place this month,\u00a0 Lu told the Globe, just as the US prepares to renegotiate NAFTA with Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Lu said that his government wants to avoid discussions of human rights issues, fearing it could become a \u201cbargaining chip\u201d in negotiations. Additionally, anticipating what has become an increasingly regular response by sovereign governments to China’s money-laundering disguised as M&A ambitions, the ambassador said China’s government would interpreted any attempt by Ottawa to block takeovers of Canadian companies on national security grounds as protectionism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cInvestment is investment. We should not take too much political considerations into the investment,\u201d he said. \u201cJust like the negotiations of the (Canada-U.S.) FTA, we should not let political factors into this process. Otherwise, it would be very difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Canada’s ambassador to China, John McCallum, told the CBC that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “is very clear that we want to pursue stronger ties with China. We think that in the medium term this will lead to more Canadian jobs.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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