# China blocks effort to send canola dispute with Canada to WTO panel | CBC News

> China blocked Canada's attempt at the WTO Dispute Settlement Body to escalate its canola dispute to a formal panel. Canada says two years of Chinese restrictions have cost its industry close to $2 billion.

- Date: 2021-06-29 · published 2021-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46535-china-blocks-effort-to-send-canola-dispute-with-canada-to-wto-panel-cbc-news
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The blocked panel request prolongs restrictions on Canadian canola seed exports to China, keeping canola meal supply to China constrained and supporting prices in the canola complex.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- cbc.ca: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-canola-canada-1.6084860

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