# Mr. Doug Forsyth (Director General, Market Access and Chief Negotiator, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development) at the Canada-China Relations Committee | openparliament.ca

> Canadian trade official Doug Forsyth told a parliamentary committee that China reinstated two suspended Canadian canola seed exporters on May 18 and that all Canadian canola producers are now eligible to export to China. He also said Canada has paused its WTO challenge while market results are monitored, and noted China suspended 10 Canadian meat establishments in 2020-2021 over COVID cases, with some reinstated over the summer.

- Date: 2022-10-04 · published 2022-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39090-mr-doug-forsyth-director-general-market-access-and-chief-negotiator-department
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Restored Chinese access widens the buyer pool for Canadian canola and pork, supporting export demand and Canadian canola prices. Continued meat plant suspensions limit pork and beef export capacity, which weighs on Canadian livestock prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2020-10-27 | [Trump's phase one trade deal with China and the US election \| PIIE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50504-trump-s-phase-one-trade-deal-with-china-and-the-us-election-piie.md) | -4.0% | -7.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-10-10 | [China buys more U.S. soybeans, record volume of pork ahead of trade talks \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56423-china-buys-more-u-s-soybeans-record-volume-of-pork-ahead-of-trade-talks-reuters.md) | +7.4% | +1.6% |
| HOGS | 2022-12-02 | [Weekly global protein digest: HPAI, global dairy market update, Japan-US beef trade
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38174-weekly-global-protein-digest-hpai-global-dairy-market-update-japan-us-beef.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| HOGS | 2017-11-23 | [China's pig farmers go north, upending world's top meat, grain market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67972-china-s-pig-farmers-go-north-upending-world-s-top-meat-grain-market.md) | +0.6% | +3.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-16 | [China buys $67 million Worth of U.S. Soybeans as Trade War Eases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56927-china-buys-67-million-worth-of-u-s-soybeans-as-trade-war-eases.md) | -5.6% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- openparliament.ca: https://openparliament.ca/committees/canada-china-relations/44-1/3/doug-forsyth-1/only/

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